"The greatest Violetta since Callas", is how a German journalist described the performance of the Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva, after a performance of La Traviata at the Berlin Staatsoper.
Her career has taken off in recent years, without any real surprise for those who had spotted her in Maestro William Christie's Garden of Voices. Before conquering the great stages, Sonya Yoncheva assiduously frequented the baroque repertoire, laying the foundations of a perfect vocal technique and rubbing shoulders with the great roles of the operas of Monteverdi, Rameau or Handel.
The versatility of her vocal expression is a blessing for lovers of opera without borders, because she does not forget the baroque heroines and adds the great roles of Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Massenet and Gounod to her repertoire. Each role is remarkable, like this Lucia at the Paris Opera or the unforgettable Mimí at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Each appearance is to be watched, because Sonya Yoncheva is without a doubt one of the most exciting sopranos of her generation.
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Born in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Sonya Yoncheva made her debut in the baroque repertoire and participated in the project for young singers Jardin des Voix directed by William Christie. She has received numerous awards at renowned competitions, including the First Prize and the Special Prize Culture Arte at the Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition in 2010. She was named Newcomer of the Year in the singer category at the Echo Klassik Awards 2015. In recent seasons, she has sung the title roles of Norma, Antonia (The Tales of Hoffmann), Micaela (Carmen), Marguerite (Faust) at the Royal Opera House in London, the title roles of Tosca and Luisa Miller, Violetta (La Traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Mimi (La Bohème), Desdemona (Otello) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (where she also took part in the Fiftieth Anniversary Gala), Imogene (Il Pirata) and Mimi at La Scala in Milan, the title roles of Iolanta and Lucia di Lammermoor, Elisabeth de Valois (Don Carlos) and Mimi at the Paris Opera, Marguerite (Faust) at the Vienna Staatsoper, La Traviata at the Berlin Staatsoper and the Munich Bayerische Staatsoper.
During the 2018-2019 season, she made her debut in the title role of Cherubini’s Médée at the Berlin Staatsoper and returned to the Metropolitan Opera (Otello and Iolanta), the Baden-Baden Festival (Otello), the Berlin Staatsoper and the Paris Opera (Tosca), La Scala in Milan (La Traviata), the Bayerische Staatsoper (Norma), and the Salzburg Festival (Médée). She performed a concert version of Otello at the Berlin Philharmonie, Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Paris Philharmonie, and participated in numerous concerts and recitals. Sonya Yoncheva records exclusively for Sony Classical, where she released the albums Paris mon amour (2015), Handel (2017) and The Verdi Album (2018). She also recorded the role of the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro for Deutsche Grammophon.
Source: operadeparis.fr
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