Christina Linhardt is a German-American singer, actor, and director, best known for her roles in the production of the film Guantanamo Circus, and as the former fiancée of Prince Daniel of Saxony.[1][2][3][4]
Christina Linhardt | |
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 Christina Linhardt at the RxSM Film Festival | |
| Born | Christine Schnauber |
| Education | Bachelor of Music and Vocal Arts |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Awards | Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award, 2013 LA Music Award, 2015 |
| Website | http://circussanctuary.com/ |
Early life and education
editLinhardt, born in Los Angeles, California, is the daughter of the notable German scholar, historian, playwright, and biographer Cornelius Schnauber and spent three to four months of each of her childhood years living in Germany/ Switzerland/ Austria.[5] During this time she came to know several prominent Swiss writers including Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Hugo Loetscher, and Peter Bichsel.[6] She attended the Goethe Institute in Berlin, later studying French at the Eurocentre in Paris, drama and movement at Oxford University, and went on to achieve her diploma in operatic singing with a minor in theater science through the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.[7][8][4] Despite the extroverted nature of her work and life, she admits having suffered from depression.[5]
Career
editLihardt produced, directed, and wrote the 2013 short film Guantanamo Circus[9] which won a Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award for "Documentary of the Year,"[10] and was selected by the US Library of Congress for inclusion in its permanent collection.[11] The film also won an LA Music Award[12] for its music score by Linhardt. She directed the short film TROY! The Original Lady Boy, a documentary film about club singer Troy Walker that was selected to be in Heartland Film's "Pride Stride" event.[13][14]
Linhardt is playwriting group leader of a theater therapy program for veterans in the Imagination Workshop, a non-profit organization promoting theater therapy for those suffering from mental and emotional disorders.[15] She is also a staff writer for the California Philharmonic Orchestra.[16][17]
Linhardt has released four music CDs titled Circus Sanctuary, Voodoo Princess,[18] Fairytale Fetish (by electronica duo Volxtronic),[19] and Come Again.[20] She performs on vocals and flute with the Angels of Venice,[21][22] and has been interviewed on LA Talk Radio,[3][23] KPFK Radio[24] and KPC Radio.[25] In 2013 Linhardt played the role of "Party Clown" in Movie 43, and in 1999 starred opposite Maximilian Schell as narrator in a production of Goethe's Faust Comes to Grand Avenue, a concert which was originally written by her father and for which she was also associate producer.[26][27]
References
edit- ↑ "Ballgeflüster". Stadt Magazin (in German). December 2000. p. 11.
- ↑ "Recent Visitors". PastForward: The Newsletter of the Shoah Foundation. Winter 2001. p. 6.
- 1 2 Leona, Priscilla (January 19, 2020). "Question Reality Archives: January 2020: Christina Linhardt". LA Talk Radio.
- 1 2 Holing, Mary (March 30, 2006). "1997 Alumna Christina Linstadt Mixes Cabaret, Opera and the Circus" (PDF). Daily Trojan. Vol. CXLVIII, no. 47.
- 1 2 Bold Journey (9 September 2025). "Christina Linhardt of Southern California on Life, Lessons & Legacy". Bold Journey.
- ↑ "Ich tanzte mit Dürrenmatt, bis er umfiel" (in German). 20 November 2019.
- ↑ Köhler, Klaus (Fall 2003). "Christina Linhardt - ein Allaroundtalent" (PDF). Top Magazine (in German).
- ↑ "The Beauty of Variety: Christina Linhardt Covers the Artistic Gamut". International Musician. March 9, 2018.
- ↑ Li, Sherrie (October 29, 2013). "When the Circus Came to Guantanamo Bay". LA Weekly.
- ↑ "Hollywood FAME Awards". A.C.B. Entertainment. Retrieved May 9, 2021.[dead link]
- ↑ "Guantanamo Circus". Library of Congress Catalog. 2013.
- ↑ "Vanphear Circus". LA Music Awards. 2015.
- ↑ Propes, Richard. ""TROY! The Original Lady Boy" Premieres at Indy Shorts Pride Stride". The Independent Critic. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ↑ Scheer, Robert (July 24, 2019). "Pride Stride on Heartland Film's rainbow carpet". The Indianapolis Star.
- ↑ "An Alliance of Art and Science". Imagination Workshop. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ↑ "Introducing Christina Linhardt". California Philharmonic. 18 October 2017.
- ↑ Linhardt, Christina (April 23, 2018). Glasser, Holly (ed.). "The Best Live Concert in LA This Summer". MITH Magazine.
- ↑ Scope Staff (April 14, 2008). "Christina Linhardt 'Voodoo Princess' Takes Us On A Journey". Scope Magazine.
- ↑ "Voltronic". Spotify. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ↑ "Come Again". Spotify. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ↑ Tatum, Carol. "Angels Of Venice". Angels Of Venice. Retrieved Apr 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Songs of the Season Sound at the Museum". Laguna Beach Local News. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ↑ "Christina Linhardt: Question Reality Radio". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ↑ BWW News Desk (January 28, 2021). "KPFK's ARTS IN REVIEW Spotlights Laguna Live Valentine's Concert, Starring Soprano Christina Linhardt". Broadway World.
- ↑ Lawson, Mareo-Ahmir (19 March 2015). "In The Hot Box – 03.19.15 – The World's a Stage with Christina Linhardt". KPC Radio.
- ↑ "Goethe's Faust Comes to Grand Avenue". Los Angeles Times. December 2, 1999.
- ↑ Steinberg, Ingrid (January 2000). "Ein Teuflisch Schöner Abend mit Maximilian, Musik, Mephisto und Faust". Stadt Magazin (in German). p. 11.
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