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Sonya Yoncheva will reprise the role of Dido in Dido and Aeneas. Starting October 7 at the Opéra national du Capitole Toulouse, Sonya will perform Purcell’s masterwork with the Orchestra of the Opéra Royal of Versailles led by Stefan Plewniak and Members of the Royal Opera Academy. Following the one-off concert in Toulouse, the opera will be performed in a staged production by Cécile Roussat and Julien Lubek on October 18, 19 and 20 at the Opéra Royal at the Castle of Versailles. The production will travel to Spain for concert performances at the Auditorio Nacional de Música of Madrid on October 24 and at the Auditorio Principe Felipe of Oviedo on the 26th.

Sonya has previously performed Dido with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie in New York City, Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Valladolid, among others, and returns to the role after more than ten years.

More information and tickets for the upcoming performances:
https://opera.toulouse.fr/didon-et-enee-6980869/
https://www.operaroyal-versailles.fr/en/event/purcell-didon-et-enee-3/
https://www.impactarte.es/dido-y-eneas/

[Photo: Edouard Brane / SY11]

On the 1st of October, Sonya Yoncheva will bring her recital program Ad una Stella to the Wiener Staatsoper. With Malcolm Martineau, Sonya will sing music by Puccini, Martucci, Tosti and Verdi. The concert is almost sold out, but you can get the last tickets on
https://tickets.wiener-staatsoper.at/webshop/webticket/seatmap?eventId=7638

Sonya returns to the Wiener Staatsoper following her acclaimed role debut as Madama Butterfly in June 2023, as well as star turns as Tosca, Marguerite in Faust, and Juliette in Roméo et Juliette for her 2013 house debut. She has also taken part in several concerts and galas with this prestigious theatre.

Photo by Victor Santiago

Sonya Yoncheva is back at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin to present her concert program Rebirth with the Cappella Mediterranea led by Leonardo García Alarcón. At the concert on September 8, Sonya will sing music by Stradella, Monteverdi, Cavalli, Gibbons, de Ribayaz, Marín, Purcell, García-Alarcón, de Murcia, Dowland, and Díaz, among others.

Sonya first performed this program to great acclaim at the Salzburg Festival 2020 and later in cities including Geneva, Barcelona, Brussels and Sofia, all with the Cappella Mediterranea and Leonardo García Alarcón. They also recorded it for Sony Classical and the album was distinguished with one of the most important awards in the classical music field, the Opus Klassik.

More information about the concert in Berlin:
https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/liederabend-sonya-yoncheva.16036/#event-92464

[Photo: SF / M. Borrelli]