Nadine Sierra, Saioa Hernández, Piotr Beczała, Sonya Yoncheva, Xabier Anduaga & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2024-25 Season

The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Josep Pons conducts Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” with Alexei Botnarciuc, Daniel Kirch, Sara Jakubiak, Ángeles Blancas, and Pavel Černoch. Àlex Ollé conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 25-Oct. 7, 2024 Maria Agresta and Saioa Hernández star in Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” with Artur Ruciński, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Brian {…}

Apr 5, 2024

Royal Opera House Muscat Announces Events Leading Up To ‘La Bohème’

The Royal Opera House Muscat has released a lineup of events in celebration of its upcoming production of “La Bohème.” Activities begin on April 23 with the Middle East’s first showing of the “La Bohème” film directed by Mario Martone. Prior to the showing a short talk with the RAI TV team and Martone is scheduled for 6:30 pm. The {…}

Mar 22, 2024

Marion Cotillard, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Orchestre de Paris Klaus Mäkelä conducts music by Beethoven, Peteris Vasks, and Tchaikovsky. Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2024 Stanislav Kochanovsky conducts a program of music by Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and Alexandre Tcherepnine. Golda Schultz stars. Performance Date: Oct. 9, {…}

Mar 19, 2024

Elīna Garanča, Sonya Yoncheva, Nino Machaidze & Lidia Fridman Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences will get to hear the latest from four of the world’s great divas in very different works. There are two rare bel canto works worth checking out as well. Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben/Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal {…}

Mar 15, 2024

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Caracalla Festival Announces 2024 Season

The Caracalla Festival has announced its 2024 season. The season will celebrate Puccini and will open with Puccini’s “Tosca” in a new production by Francesco Micheli. Antonino Fogliani conducts a cast that includes Carmen Giannattasio and Sonya Yoncheva in the title role, Saimir Pirgu, Vittorio Grigolo, and Arsen Soghomonyan as Cavaradossi. Claudio Sgura and Roberto Frontali complement the cast as Scarpia. {…}

Feb 28, 2024

Sonya Yoncheva Receives Order of Arts and Letters in France

Sonya Yoncheva has received the Order of Arts and Letters in France. The soprano took to social media and said, “It is such an honor to have been named Officière de l’ordre de Arts et des lettres yesterday. The Order of Arts and Letters is the second most important distinction in France, a country that has always been so important {…}

Dec 11, 2023

Teatro alla Scala Announces Cast Change for ‘Medée’

UPDATE: “To all who have been planning to come to the Teatro alla Scala to see me singing Médée next month: Unfortunately, I had to cancel my participation in this production due to family reasons – I feel it is important and it is my duty to stay close to my mother, who is about to undergo a surgery. I {…}

Nov 23, 2023

Sonya Yoncheva to Give Recital at Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Sonya Yoncheva is set to give a recital at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin on Nov. 27, 2023. The showcase will be divided up into two parts. Part one will center on romances and canzonas while part two will feature arias from four Puccini operas including “Le Villi,” “La Bohème,” “Tosca,” and “Madama Butterfly.” Yoncheva will be accompanied {…}

Oct 14, 2023

Kristine Opolais Replaces Sonya Yoncheva in Mannheim

The Mannheimer Philharmoniker has announced a cast change for its Oct. 15, 2023 concert. The orchestra said, “Due to an acute illness, Sonya Yoncheva will not be able to sing the concert. We are delighted that the great Kristine Opolais, one of the world’s leading sopranos, will be singing with us in her place.” Opolais will join Freddie de Tommaso {…}

Sep 3, 2023

Sonya Yoncheva, Leo Nucci, Ambrogio Maestri, Sydney Mancasola, Antonino Siragusa Headline Royal Opera Muscat’s 2023-24 Season

The Royal Opera House Muscat has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here is the rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. First up is “The Barber of Seville” with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and the Intermezzo Choir under the musical direction of Antonino Fogliani. The opera stars Antonino Siragusa as Conte d’Almaviva, Carlo Lepore as Dr. Bartolo, Nicola {…}

Aug 15, 2023

Arte Releases Sonya Yoncheva & Vittorio Grigolo’s ‘Tosca’ Recording from Arena di Verona

Arte is streaming a recording of Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Arena di Verona. The recording stars Sonya Yoncheva as Floria Tosca and Vittorio Gridolo as Cavaradossi. Roman Burdenko stars as the Barone Scarpia with Carlo Bosi as Spoleta and Giulio Mastrototaro as Il sagrestano. Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducts the productions by Hugo de Ana while Tiziano Mancini directs for the screen. The {…}

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