Six weeks after delivering her first child by cesarean, Lewek performed the Queen of the Night at the Met. And during a later pregnancy she lost a role because it required singing an aria standing on a chair in what would have been her second trimester. When Fuchs announced on social media that she was out of the production, her feed lit up with outrage. Many commentators suggested misogyny was to blame for the company’s decision, although the director, Jette Steckel, was a woman. After arbitration, Fuchs settled with the company under terms that do not allow her to speak about the case.

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Persons: cesarean, Lewek, Morley, Pamina, ”, “, ” Lewek, ” Morley, Julie Fuchs, Fuchs, Jette Steckel Organizations: Hamburg State Opera