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MadridFedora - Giordano

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Giordano: Fedora
Daniel Oren; Teatro Real; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real; Coro Titular del Teatro Real; Sonya Yoncheva; Luciano Ganci

ParisRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Britten, Martucci, Dvořák
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Domingo Hindoyan; Sonya Yoncheva

MunichManon Lescaut

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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Andrea Battistoni; Hans Neuenfels; Bavarian State Opera; Stefan Mayer; Andrea Schmidt-Futterer; Stefan Bolliger; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

BerlinLa VestaleNew production

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Spontini: La Vestale
Carlo Rizzi; Lydia Steier; Staatsoper Berlin; Giuseppe Mentuccia; Étienne Pluss; Katharina Schlipf; Valerio Tiberi

New York CityMedea

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Cherubini: Médée/Medea
Carlo Rizzi; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Doey Lüthi; Paule Constable; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

RomeAndrea Chénier

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Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Daniel Oren; Marco Bellocchio; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Gianni Carluccio; Daria Calvelli; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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Singers bring passion and excitement to Met’s Andrea Chénier revival

Sonya Yoncheva (Maddalena) and Piotr Beczała (Andrea Chénier) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

The Metropolitan Opera kicks off this season’s revival of Umberto Giordano’s tempestuous melodrama with standout performances from a resplendent cast.

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Guilty pleasures: Yoncheva stars in a new Fedora at the Met

Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora) and Piotr Beczała (Count Loris) © Ken Koward | Met Opera
There are plenty of vocal thrills in Sir David McVicar's new production of Giordano's revenge thriller at the Metropolitan Opera.
****1
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Yoncheva rocks Liverpool with rare Martucci

Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva makes a superb Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra debut with Giuseppe Martucci's La canzone dei ricordi (The Song of Remembrance). 
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Musical excellence mired by stale production in the Met's Don Carlos

The Metropolitan Opera performs the original French version of Don Carlos for the first time with a distinguished ensemble of soloists, but the static production offers no new insights into the depth of Verdi's masterpiece.
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Floria Tosca plays the diva in Robert Carsen's Zurich staging

The Opernhaus Zürich revives Robert Carsen’s 1990 production, with a strong cast led by Sonya Yoncheva and Joseph Calleja.

***11
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Quiet tragedy: Robert Wilson's Otello in Baden-Baden

Zubin Mehta conducts Verdi's Otello in an iconic Robert Wilson production of stylized theater where less is more. The effect was mesmerizing.  
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ParisIolanta/Casse-NoisetteNew production

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Tchaikovsky
Alain Altinoglu; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Opéra national de Paris; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Ekaterine Buachidze and Mihai Damian win Operalia 2025

First Prize Winners Ekaterine Buachidze and Mihai Damian with competition founder Plácido Domingo © Lilia Yotova
Prestigious opera competition Operalia, held this year in Sofia, Bulgaria, is open to singers of all voice types between 20 and 32 years old.

Taking another fearless leap: Sonya Yoncheva

Sonya Yoncheva © Victor Santiago | SY11
“I don't fear anything!” Sonya Yoncheva discusses her career, from leaping from the Castel Sant’Angelo as Tosca to preparing a new Iolanta in Vienna, and setting up her own production company.