Sonya Yoncheva
Sonya Yoncheva, recipient of the Opus Klassik 2021 award as "Singer of the Year," is a celebrated figure on the most important stages in the world, including the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, La Scala in Milan, the Bavarian State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, and the Opéra de Paris. Her unforgettable performances are acclaimed by both critics and audiences alike.
In the 2024/25 season, she will sing, among other roles, in a new production of Dido and Aeneas at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly in Barcelona, as Lisa in Pique Dame at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and in Erwartung as well as Dido and Aeneas in Munich. At the Vienna State Opera, she will be heard in a new production of Iolanta, in the title role of Tosca, and as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier. Numerous additional performances are scheduled, including at the Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, in Toulouse, Madrid, Paris, at the Salzburg Mozart Week, the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and the Tonhalle in Zurich.
Major roles she has recently performed include Tosca in Tokyo, Yokohama, Berlin, London, Zurich, and Rome, Norma and Cio-Cio-San in Munich, Maddalena and Fedora at La Scala, Norma, Fedora, and Élisabeth de Valois (in Don Carlos) at the Met, Manon Lescaut in Hamburg, Iolanta in Baden-Baden, Norma in Barcelona, Mimì (in La bohème) in Berlin, as well as numerous concert appearances.
The soprano Sonya Yoncheva, born in 1981, studied piano and voice in her hometown of Plovdiv (Bulgaria). She later obtained her master's degree in singing from the Geneva Conservatory. She is also a graduate of William Christie's Academy Le Jardin des Voix, with early music continuing to be a focus of her repertoire. After several solo albums as an exclusive artist with Sony Classical, Sonya Yoncheva's first solo album, The Courtesan, was released in 2023 under her own label, SY11, where her new album GEORGE will also be released at the end of the year. Her discography also includes CD recordings of Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa) for Deutsche Grammophon and Monteverdi's L’incoronazione di Poppea from the Salzburg Festival. Sonya Yoncheva made her debut at the Vienna State Opera in 2013, where she has performed roles including Marguerite (in Faust), Cio-Cio-San (in Madama Butterfly), Juliette (in Roméo et Juliette), and Tosca.
Performances with Sonya Yoncheva
with John Osborn, Roberto Tagliavini, Sonya Yoncheva, Elmina Hasan, Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Norma
Cast on Monday 22. February 2027
Abo 13
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 08. September 2025 | Otello |
| 06. Oktober 2025 | Fin de partie |
| 10. November 2025 | Kallirhoe (Ballett) |
| 23. März 2026 | Die verkaufte Braut |
| 15. Juni 2026 | Così fan tutte |
| 19. Oktober 2026 | Il barbiere di Siviglia |
| 30. November 2026 | Luisa Miller |
| 18. Jänner 2027 | Fidelio |
| 22. Februar 2027 | Norma |
| 22. März 2027 | Visionary Dances |
with John Osborn, Roberto Tagliavini, Sonya Yoncheva, Elmina Hasan, Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Norma
Cast on Friday 26. February 2027
Abo 7
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 24. Oktober 2025 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| 16. Jänner 2026 | Idomeneo |
| 13. März 2026 | Don Pasquale |
| 10. April 2026 | Visionary Dances (Ballett) |
| 12. Juni 2026 | Animal Farm |
| 04. September 2026 | Don Carlo |
| 15. Jänner 2027 | Fidelio |
| 12. Februar 2027 | Der Rosenkavalier |
| 26. Februar 2027 | Norma |
| 04. Juni 2027 | Woolf Works |
with John Osborn, Roberto Tagliavini, Sonya Yoncheva, Elmina Hasan, Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Norma
Cast on Sunday 28. February 2027
Abo 21
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 02. November 2025 | Pelléas et Mélisande |
| 01. Februar 2026 | La Traviata |
| 15. Februar 2026 | Jewels (Ballett) |
| 15. März 2026 | Le grand macabre |
| 21. Juni 2026 | Il trittico |
| 11. Oktober 2026 | Carmen |
| 29. November 2026 | Onegin |
| 31. Jänner 2027 | Don Carlos |
| 28. Februar 2027 | Norma |
| 23. Mai 2027 | Lulu |
with John Osborn, Roberto Tagliavini, Sonya Yoncheva, Elmina Hasan, Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Norma
Cast on Wednesday 3. March 2027