Greta Jessie Bradman ( Bradsen; born 1979 or 1982) is an Australian operatic soprano.
Career Richard Bonynge selected Bradman to sing the title role in a concert performance of Handel's Rodelinda in 2014.
Bradman was the subject of two episodes of the ABC TV program Australian Story in 2015."Being Bradman – Part One", 27 July 2015; "Part Two", 3 August 2015 Later that year, she joined David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, and Lisa McCune for a concert tour of the five Australian mainland state capitals.From Broadway to La Scala – Australia Bradman's name was added as a critics' choice to the Walk of Fame at the Adelaide Festival Centre."Walk of Fame artists (2023)", Adelaide Festival Centre, accessed 24 January 2025
After guest presenting in 2016, in 2017 Bradman joined ABC Classic FM as a presenter."Classic Moves: Margaret Throsby and Greta Bradman join the weekend in 2017", press release, ABC Classic FM, 16 November 2016
2017 saw Bradman's only performance in a fully staged opera as Mimì in Gale Edwards' production of La bohème for Opera Australia in the Sydney Opera House."La bohème (Opera Australia)" by Angus McPherson, Limelight, 25 February 2017 Bradman – with vocalist Luke Harrison, guitarist Karin Schaupp and the Queensland Ballet – performed "Eliza Aria" from Elena Kats-Chernin's Wild Swans in the 2018 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony."Gold Coast teen stars in Closing Ceremony and records Games song with Katie Noonan" by Suzanne Simonot, Gold Coast Bulletin, 18 April 2018
Bradman sang "Advance Australia Fair" at the state memorial service of Shane Warne in March 2022 at the MCG.
Opera Australia appointed Bradman to its board of directors in August 2024.
Bradman was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours.
Personal life Bradman was born in Adelaide as Greta Bradsen. She is a granddaughter, and the eldest grandchild, of cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, at whose funeral she sang in 2001 and who inspired her singing. Her father John had changed his name from Bradman to Bradsen to escape the inevitable connection with his father's celebrity, but the family changed back to Bradman when Greta was a teenager. Shortly after her grandfather's death, she struggled with self-harm issues.
Her husband is Didier Elzinga, the co-founder and CEO of software company Culture Amp. They have two sons.
Bradman has a master's degree in psychology and is a registered psychologist.
In 2015, Bradman was featured in two episodes of the Australian TV series Australian Story, where she appeared along with her father John Bradman and siblings Tom and Nick Bradman.
Discography Albums + List of albums, with Australian chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions AUS Forest of Dreams – Classical Lullabies to Get Lost In Released: August 2010 Format: CD, Digital Label: Sony Music Australia – Grace Released: August 2011 Format: CD, Digital Label: Sony Music Australia – My Hero (with English Chamber Orchestra & Richard Bonynge) Released: 7 August 2015 Format: CD, Digital Label: Greta Bradman, Decca (481 1894) – From Broadway to La Scala (with David Hobson, Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes) Released: 2017 Format: CD, Digital Label: Greta Bradman, Decca (481 1894) – Home (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Chamber Singers & Luke Dollman) Released: April 2018 Format: CD, Digital Label: Greta Bradman, Decca (481 6564) 30 The Aussie Album (with Benaud Trio) Released: 2018 Format: CD, Digital Label: Greta Bradman, Decca (481 7164) – Mendelssohn: String Quartets No. 1 & 2 (with Tinalley Quartet) Released: February 2019 Format: CD, Digital Label: Tinalley Quartet –
Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
! |- | 2010 | Forest of Dreams: Classical Lullabies to Get Lost In | Best Children's Album
| 2018 | Home (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Chamber Singers & Luke Dollman) | Best Classical Album | | ARIA Award previous winners.
References
External links "In familial territory" by Steve Dow, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 October 2011
, "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem