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

Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora) and Piotr Beczała (Count Loris)

Giordano's Fedora at the Met

Rosa Feola (Olga) and Bryan Wagorn (Lazinski)

Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora)

By Kevin W Ng, 05 January 2023

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“Yoncheva... sang spectacularly, shading her velvety soprano with melancholy”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 4 January 2023

Giordano, Fedora

Metropolitan Opera

Marco Armiliato, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

Charles Edwards, Set Designer

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Costume Designer

Adam Silverman, Lighting Designer

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Sonya Yoncheva, Princess Fedora Romazov

Piotr Beczała, Count Loris Ipanov

Lucas Meachem, De Siriex

Rosa Feola, Countness Olga Sukarev

Scott Scully, Baron Rouvel

Richard Bernstein, Borov

Bryan Wagorn, Boleslao Lazinski

Lucia Lucas, Grech

Jeongcheol Cha, Cirillo

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Kevin W Ng

Kevin writes about music and culture, with a focus on opera. Originally trained as a violinist, he has a particular interest in 20th-century music. He is currently based in New York City.

Guilty pleasures: Yoncheva and Beczała star in a new Fedora at the Met