{"id":8649,"date":"2023-02-06T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2023-02-06T14:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:10:43","slug":"mezzo-soprano-makes-opera-history-less-24-hours-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/02\/06\/mezzo-soprano-makes-opera-history-less-24-hours-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Mezzo-soprano makes opera history with less than 24 hours notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8650\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/Katia-Ledoux.jpg\" alt=\"Mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux (Photo: Jerzy Bin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>French Mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux has made opera history by becoming the first woman to perform the male lead tenor role in Offenbach&#8217;s \u201cOrpheus in the Underworld\u201d \u2014 all on a day\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n<p>The performance took place at the Vienna Volksoper, where Ledoux\u2019s portrayal of the character Hoffmann was met with a standing ovation. The role is traditionally performed by a male tenor and is known for its demanding vocal range and athleticism.<\/p>\n<h3>How did this come about?<\/h3>\n<p>The mezzo-soprano offered to step into the lead role when tenor Daniel Kluge fell ill. For one night only, Ledoux made history on the Volksoper stage by playing both the soprano and leading tenor role in the challenging 19th-century operetta.<\/p>\n<p>You can read Ledoux tell the incredible story in her our words via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ladoucelette\/posts\/743816077194111\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux has made opera history by becoming the first woman to perform the male lead tenor role in Offenbach&#8217;s \u201cOrpheus in the Underworld\u201d \u2014 all in a day\u2019s notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[86,3,80],"tags":[189,191,190],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/Katia-Ledoux.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8651,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649\/revisions\/8651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8649"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}