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Ella Tvrdková
A white woman in a ruffled white dress with a wide neckline. Her hair is in a bouffant updo.Ella Tvrdková, from a Czech publication in 1905
Born19 February 1878
Kamenice nad Lipou, Austria-Hungary
Died8 November 1918 (1918-11-09) (aged 40)
Krumbach
NationalityCzech
Other namesElla Tordek
OccupationOpera singer
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Ella Tvrdková (19 February 1878 – 8 November 1918), also written as Ella Tordek, was a Czech opera singer.

Early life

Alžběta Anna Tvrdková was born in Kamenice nad Lipou, the daughter of Václav Tvrdek. She studied voice with Mathilde Mallinger at the Prague Conservatory, with further studies in Berlin.

Career

Tvrdková was with the Prague National Theatre from 1899 to 1901. In 1901, she sang a small part in the premiere of Dvořák's Rusalka. From 1901 to 1913, she sang under the name "Ella Tordek" with the Munich Court Opera, and a regular performer at Munich's Wagner and Mozart festivals. In 1913, she created the role of Rosaura in the original cast of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera Le donne curiose, in Milan.

Tordek made recordings, including a duet with Luise Hofer, singing Berlioz's "Nuit paisible et sereine", from Béatrice et Bénédict, and a duet with Friedrich Brodersen, singing Mozart's "Reich mir die Hand", from Don Giovanni.

Personal life

Ella Tvrdková married Gustav Gerhäuser in 1909. She died in 1918, aged 40, in Krumbach, Bavaria.

References

  1. ^ Singer – Tzschoppe (in German). Walter de Gruyter. 2015-07-24. pp. 2628–2629. ISBN 978-3-11-043678-5.
  2. ^ Arakelyan, Ashot (2016-07-12). "Ella Tordek (Tordková) (Kamenitz, Czech Republic 1878, 19/2 – München, Germany 1918, 8/9)". Forgotten Opera Singers. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  3. Cheek, Timothy (2013). Rusalka: A Performance Guide with Translations and Pronunciation. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8305-5.
  4. "Foreign Notes". The New Music Review. 4: 439–440. 1905.
  5. "Festivals lyriques de Munich 1904". Le Guide Musical. 50: 467. 1904.
  6. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Brodersen, Friedrich (1912), Reich mir die Hand: duett aus Don Juan, Pathé, retrieved 2020-05-08
  7. "Ella Tordek". Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 2020-05-08.

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