{"id":15675,"date":"2024-12-16T16:56:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=15675"},"modified":"2024-12-16T16:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:56:14","slug":"star-opera-singer-speaks-publicly-struggling-dyslexia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/12\/16\/star-opera-singer-speaks-publicly-struggling-dyslexia\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Opera Singer Speaks Publicly About Struggling with Dyslexia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elsa van den Heever (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elsa van den Heever, currently starring at the Metropolitan Opera, spoke publicly to the New York Times about her experiences with dyslexia. She credits her condition with her proclivity to thoroughly learn challenging scores.<\/p>\n

What we\u2019re reading:<\/strong> On December 11th, the New York Times published an interview<\/a> with the South African soprano Elsa van den Heever. Van den Heever is currently starring in the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s production of Richard Strauss\u2019 Die Frau ohne Schatten. In the interview, van den Heever discussed her experiences with dyslexia, which she credits with making her learn scores in out-of-the-box, fastidious ways. Van den Heever also admitted that her condition has led to feelings of imposter syndrome within her profession, due to her struggles with sight-reading and making sense of complex scores.<\/p>\n

Some context:<\/strong> Elsa van den Heever is not the first singer to struggle with learning music. The tenor Pavarotti admittedly never learned to read music<\/a>, and many famous pop singers have spoken publicly about their experiences with dyslexia<\/a>. But van den Heever may be the first dyslexic singer to tackle Die Frau ohne Schatten, one of opera\u2019s most daunting works<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Van den Heever expressed that she doesn\u2019t view her condition as a handicap. Rather, her collaborators praise van den Heever\u2019s commitment to learning the nuance and shading of every note and phrase in the operas she takes on, regardless of their complexity. Sounds like her Frau is not to be missed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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