Brigitte Oelke
Brigitte Oelke ( born May 25 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss singer, actress, dancer and musical performer.
Life
Very early Brigitte Oelke had contact with music. Her mother led the children's choir of the St. Gallen Stadttheater in which Brigitte sang early on itself. They also learned to play several instruments (piano, accordion, guitar and recorder). Nevertheless, the song was her biggest passion. A family friend, Prof. Kurt PAHLEN, contributed to that, she received a first-class music education.
During her commercial apprenticeship Oelke gained a lot of experience as a front woman, for example, in her first band, sterling or Nightgambler, with whom she toured for the first time through Switzerland.
At age 19 and after a completed initial training she spent a year as an Au Pair in Los Angeles. There she got vocal, jazz and tap dance lessons. Finally, in St. Gallen, Bregenz and Vienna, she also received private vocal and acting lessons. In Germany, she left the Hamburg Stage School of Music, Dance and Drama as qualified actress.
Profession
In 1997 she worked with Roman Polanski and Jim Steinman at the premiere of Dance of the Vampires in Vienna. Shortly thereafter, she worked with German director Dietrich Hilsdorf together at the German premiere of the musical Jekyll & Hyde. In November 2000 she won the election to one of three candidates who should make the Swiss contribution to the preliminary of the Euro Vision Song Contest in 2001. Together with Lesley Bogaert and Joy Fleming she presented the song "Power of Trust" and was ranked second
From December 2004 to October 2006 she played in Cologne, the role of " Killer Queen " in the Queen musical We Will Rock You, and so had the opportunity to work with their former idols Brian May and Roger Taylor. In December 2006, she moved with the Swiss production of this musical to Zurich, from January 2008, she was seen for the Austrian at the Raimund Theater in Vienna. From November 2008 to September 2010 Brigitte Oelke was in Stuttgart at the Apollo Theater, the Killer Queen in We Will Rock You, and from October 2010 to October 2011 in Berlin at the Theater of the West. From December 2012 to March 2013, she played the role of Killer Queen again in Switzerland, in Basel Musical Theater. From April 2013 to June 2013 she can be seen in Essen Colosseum Theater as Killer Queen.
She played from 2012 to 2013 at the Theater St. Gallen the role of Mama Morton in the musical Chicago. In the same year 2012, she played the role of the Acid Queen at the Theatre to 2013 in the rock opera Tommy ( The Who ). 2013, it is also to experience in the double role of Carla Haywood / Alaura Kingsley at the Theatre in the musical " City of Angels".
Engagements
Discography
Awards
- 2009 Golden CD for Germany for We Will Rock You as Killer Queen
- 2009 Golden CD for Switzerland for We Will Rock You as Killer Queen