Elke Neidhardt
Elke Cordelia Neidhardt AM (born July 5, 1941 in Ludwigsburg ; † November 25, 2013 in Sydney ) was an actress and opera director of German origin in Australia.
life and career
Elke Neidhardt graduated from the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts . She worked as an actress in Vienna ( Theater in der Josefstadt ), Stuttgart and Munich. In 1965 she made her film debut in a Jerry Cotton crime thriller ( Murder Night in Manhattan ). In 1967 she married the Australian television director Christopher Muir and moved to Melbourne , Australia, where she initially continued to work as an actress. Right at the beginning of her Australian career, the blonde artist worked with the part of the German doctor Dr. Anna Steiner starred in one of the country's most popular TV series, Skippy, the bush kangaroo , which was also shown with great success in Germany.
After the divorce in 1977, Elke Neidhardt moved to Sydney with her son Fabian. In the same year she was hired by the Australian Opera as an evening director. Until 1990 she worked in Sydney and at various opera houses in Australia. In 1990 she moved to the Cologne Opera . Since 1997 she has worked as a freelance director mainly in Australia. They had a close friendship for decades with the Australian actor and musician Norman Kaye , who died of Alzheimer's disease in 2007 . In 2007 she became a citizen of Australia . On January 26, 2011, Australia Day , she was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia award.
Elke Neidhardt died of a brain tumor in Sydney in 2013 at the age of 72 .
Filmography
- 1965: The night of the murder in Manhattan
- 1968: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
- 1970: The Link Men (TV series)
- 1970: Delta (TV series)
- 1973: Libido
- 1973: Alvin Purple
- 1975: The True Story of Eskimo Nell (also as Dick Down Under )
- 1975: Shannon's Mob (TV series)
- 1976: Illuminations
- 1977: Inside Looking Out
Director
- Opera Australia, Sydney: Tannhäuser , Andrea Chénier , Salome , Lohengrin , Il trovatore , Don Giovanni
- Victorian State Opera, Melbourne: I puritani , The Flying Dutchman , Lohengrin
- State Opera of South Australia: Salome, Parsifal , Il trovatore, The Ring of the Nibelung
- Opera Queensland: Fidelio , Il trovatore, Andrea Chénier
- Opera of the City of Cologne: La finta semplice , Tosca , Die Fledermaus , La traviata
- Bell Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Web links
- Elke Neidhardt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "A trajectory from actress to visionary of the opera stage" , Miriam Cosic, The Australian , November 29, 2013 (English)
- ↑ Australia Day Honors Announcement January 26, 2011 , accessed January 26, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neidhardt, Elke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neidhardt, Elke Cordelia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Australian actress and opera director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2013 |
| Place of death | Sydney , Australia |