Sonya Yoncheva has announced her new album “GEORGE” The new album dedicated to George Sand will be released in September by Yoncheva’s company SY11. In a statement, the soprano said, “My album about George Sand will be released in September! Do you know her? Do you know how inspiring this woman was? In my new CD I am talking about {…}
Sonya Yoncheva has announced the launch of her magazine “Bulgarian Artist.” The soprano took to social media and said, “I am happy to share with you that another dream of mine is coming true! Bulgaria is full of talent. That is why I am creating the magazine ‘Bulgarian artist’ – I want to put on a pedestal the bright faces {…}
The Salzburg Mozarteum has unveiled its 2025 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is a program featuring soprano Lauren Snouffer taking on arias by Haydn and Mozart. The program, which will be conducted by Roberto González-Monjas, will also include works by Gluck and Salieri. Performance Date: Jan. 23, 2025 Michael Shade headlines a concert {…}
Spain’s Festival Castell de Peralada has announced its 2024 season. Here are the vocal performances. Piotr Beczala opens the season with Sarah Tysman in a program of songs by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and opera arias. Performance Date: July 19, 2024 Soprano Sonya Yoncheva and Ismael Jordi team up with Rubén Fernandez Aguirre for a program dedicated to zarzuela. Performance Date: {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024 Live in HD Summer Encores. First up is “La Bohème” starring Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, Susanna Phillips, Lucas Meachem, Matthew Rose, and Alexey Lavrov. Marco Armiliato conducted the 2018 transmission. Screening Date: July 24, 2024 Then comes the 2014 production of “La Cenerentola” starring Joyce DiDonato and {…}
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 {…}
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 p.m. The {…}
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, {…}
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 {…}
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. {…}
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 {…}