Katia Ledoux (born 18 July 1990) is a French mezzo-soprano.
Life edit
Born in Paris, Ledoux grew up in Vienna, Austria, and took violin lessons before beginning to sing at the age of six, joining the Schubert Sängerknaben. At the age of sixteen, she entered the preparatory class of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, then left Vienna in 2016 to study with Ulf Bästlein at the University of the Arts in the city of Graz where she made her debut at the Steirischer Herbst[1] contemporary music festival as well as the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Graz Opera.[2]
For the 2019/20 season, as well as 2020/21, she was part of the International Opera Studio of the Zürich Opera House where she performs numerous roles.[3]
Career edit
Before even finishing her studies, Ledoux made her debut at the Dutch National Opera in 2019 as Genevieve[4] in Pelléas et Mélisande directed by Olivier Py with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève.[5] She came back to Amsterdam in 2021 for the world premiere of "How Anansi freed the stories of the world" by Neo Muyanga[6] and in 2022 for another world premiere "Eurydice - die liebenden blind" by Manfred Trojahn. During the 2020-21 pandemic, the Dutch National Opera recorded and streamed Rossini's full Petite Messe Solenelle with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in which Ledoux performed the alto solo.[7]
In 2019, Ledoux also joined the International Opera Studio at the Zürich Opera where she worked with many big names of the industry including Cecilia Bartoli, Laurence Cummings, Jakub Hrůša, Barrie Kosky, Jakub Orliński or Dmitri Tcherniakov.[8] Since she has returned twice to Zurich: to sing Gertrude in Ted Huffman's Roméo et Juliette in 2023[9] and Junon in Jetske Mijnssen's Platée conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm in 2024.[10]
In 2021, she traveled to Russia to sing the role of Cornelia in Giulio Cesare with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Christopher Moulds.
2022 marked her debut at the Staatsoper Stuttgart where she interpreted Ježibaba in Bastian Kraft's Rusalka conducted by Oksana Lyniv[11]
In 2022 Katia Ledoux joined the ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper.
Other edit
Ledoux became a viral phenomenon in January 2023 when multiple international newspapers,[12] radios[13] and websites[14] reported on her jumping in for two roles in one evening, including one for a male tenor colleague during a performance of "Orpheus in the Underworld" at the Vienna Volksoper.[15] Some noted that this was a historic first[16].
Awards edit
- First prize in the Austrian competition Prima la musica In 2008
- Finalist of the "Ferruccio Tagliavini" competition in 2017
- Recipient of the "Bourse of the Bayreuth Festival" in 2018;[17]
- Press Award of the International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 2018.[18]
- First prize of the "Nordfriesischer Liedpreis" competition.[19]
- Oratorio-Lied Prize of the "Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition" in Barcelona in 2022[20]
Recordings edit
- 2023: La princesse de Trébizonde by Jacques Offenbach with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Paul Daniel for Opera Rara.
References edit
- ^ "Electric Dreams / musikprotokoll 2017 / steirischer herbst 2017 / Jahre / Archiv / Home - steirischer herbst". archiv.steirischerherbst.at.
- ^ "Oper Graz". Oper Graz.
- ^ "Iphigénie en Tauride". opernhaus.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2021..
- ^ Mischa Spel (7 June 2019). "Regie van Py maakt van muzikaal fraaie 'Pelléas' een taai anti-sprookje". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Recensie - Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande bij De Nationale Opera - Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Stéphane Denève - OpusKlassiek". www.opusklassiek.nl.
- ^ "How ANANSI freed the stories of the world | 21-22 | Dutch National Opera & Ballet". www.operaballet.nl. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Aria Petite Messe Solennelle (Agnus Dei by Katia Ledoux) - Dutch National Opera, retrieved 10 January 2024
- ^ "Katia Ledoux, Mezzosopran". Operabase (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ www.update.ch, update AG. "Roméo et Juliette". www.opernhaus.ch. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ www.update.ch, update AG. "Platée". www.opernhaus.ch (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Stuttgart, Staatsoper. "Katia Ledoux | Staatsoper Stuttgart". www.staatsoper-stuttgart.de (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ georg.leyrer (2 February 2023). "Volksoper: Sängerin sprang für Tenor ein - und sang beide Rollen". kurier.at (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Redaktion. "Katia Ledoux über ihren Doppeleinsatz in Oper". Klassik Radio (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Mezzo stands in last-minute for tenor lead, doubling as Venus and Orpheus in Offenbach opera". Classic FM. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Sinkovicz, 09 02 2023 um 07:51 von Wilhelm (9 February 2023). "Spektakulär eingesprungen: Der neue Volksopern-Weltstar". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Salazar, Francisco (2 February 2023). "Katia Ledoux Makes History at Volksoper Wien Singing Two Roles". OperaWire. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "wagner.forum.graz". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Josh Lovell grote winnaar IVC 2018". Place de l'Opera. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Sänger begeistern Publikum" (PDF). schloss-vor-husum.de (in German). July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Gemma Summerfield Wins Concurso de Canto Tenor Viñas". 31 January 2022.
External links edit
- Official website
- Katia Ledoux on operabase.com
- Katia Ledoux on the official website of the Graz Opera
- Portrait of Katia Ledoux by agence TACT
