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AmsterdamStars in Concert: Nikola Meeuwsen, Emma Kok, Nicola Benedetti, Caro Emerald & Sonya Yoncheva

Het Concertgebouw
Wagenaar, Kok, Krabman and Knox, Pravi, Barrau and Pascal, Mozart, Schreurs, Degiorgio and Van Wieringen, Schreurs, Degiorgio, Van der Leeuw and Van Wieringen, Bizet, Mahler
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands; Antony Hermus; Nikola Meeuwsen; Nicola Benedetti; Emma Kok; Caro Emerald

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
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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.
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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.

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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

© Agathe Poupeney | OnP
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.