Sonya Yoncheva will continue the Metropolitan Opera’s “Met Stars Live in Concert” series on Feb. 27, 2021. The concert, which will begin at 1:00 p.m. EST, will feature the superstar live from the Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany The soprano will perform opera arias from “Aida,” “Le Villi,” “Il Trovatore” “Dido and Aeneas,” “Rinaldo,” “Carmen,” “La Boheme,” “Rusalka,” and “Madam {…}
(Credit: Presto Music website) Bulgarian soprano superstar Sonya Yoncheva will release her new album “Rebirth” on March 12, 2021. The album, which will be released by Sony Classical, will spotlight works by Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, Barbara Strozzi, John Dowland, Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco Sánchez, and Alessandro Stradella, among others. The album will also include the popular Bulgarian folk {…}
With the Metropolitan Opera’s Live concert series continuing this week, General Manager Peter Gelb recently spoke with several artists separately via Zoom and revealed numerous future productions and engagements for many of the singers. In his conversation with Sonya Yoncheva, Gelb noted that the diva will perform a new production of “Fedora,” as well as revivals of “Madama Butterfly,” “The {…}
The Greek National Opera has announced a program for the 2021 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on opera-related performances. The company will present “The Cornelian Secret” which includes love poems by Lord Byron. The performance will star tenor Christos Kechris, baritone Vangelis Maniatis, and baritone Sotiris Triantis. Streaming Dates: TBA – the performance was {…}
Sonya Yoncheva will perform on the Christmas Concert “Weihnachten mit dem Bundespräsidenten.” The concert will be broadcast on ZDF on Christmas Eve at 6 p.m. CET and will be recorded from the St. Marien Church in Bernau. The President of Germany Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier will host the evening, which will include German pop singer Sasha and actress Iris Berben, Lucas {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced the musical selections for its opening night on Dec. 7. The program will include music by Verdi, Wagner, Cilea, Puccini, Donizetti, Bizet, Massenet, Giordano, and Rossini. Among the operas that will be showcaeed on opening night include “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “Adriana Lecouvreur,” “L’Elisir d’Amore,” “Guglielmo Tell,” “Madama Butterfly,” “Don Carlo,” Rigoletto,” “Andrea Chenier,” “Die {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has postponed Sonya Yoncheva’s Met Stars Live in Concert performance. The company announced that the performance featuring the famed soprano, which was rescheduled for this Saturday, Nov. 28, has now been moved to Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, as Yoncheva is still ill (with a non-Covid illness). The new date will be performed live from the Schussenried Cloister {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 2020-21 season encore radio broadcast. The company will broadcast encore recordings starting Dec. 5 at 1 p.m. with Mary Jo Heath hosting and Ira Siff as a commentator for the broadcasts. The broadcasts will also include dynamic intermission features, live backstage interviews with artists, and the ever-popular Opera Quiz. The broadcasts begin with Prokofiev’s “War {…}
This week’s streaming options include two celebrations of legendary artists, a sweet double bill, two powerful modern works, an iconic diva in her signature role, a star-studded Strauss masterpiece, lots of Bel Canto, and a hotly anticipated recital. Without further ado, let’s jump in. Beniamino Gigli, 100 Years at the Met – Teatro Grattacielo (NOW) Nov. 26 marks the 100th {…}
Sonya Yoncheva has postponed the Metropolitan Opera’s live series concert. In a press release the Met said, “the ‘Met Stars Live in Concert’ performance featuring soprano Sonya Yoncheva, scheduled for this Saturday, November 21, has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 28, as Ms. Yoncheva is ill (with a non-Covid illness). The concert, live from the Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany, will {…}
There’s no doubt that it hasn’t been an easy week in the opera world. With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the world at alarming rates, companies across Europe have entered a second lockdown, ending what many hoped would be a continuation of performances throughout the 2020-21 season. But it has not quite worked out that way. As such, online broadcasts {…}