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Sonya Yoncheva returns to the Wiener Staatsoper to reprise one of her signature roles, Puccini’s Tosca.

She will appear in Margarete Wallmann’s iconic production in four performances on February 9, 12, 15, and 17, under the baton of Pier Giorgio Morandi. Joining her are Piotr Beczałan and Ambrogio Maestri in the other leading roles, recreating the acclaimed cast from the opera house’s celebrated 2021 run.

This engagement marks the first of three roles for Sonya at the Wiener Staatsoper this season. In the next two months, she will also star in the title role of a new production of Iolanta and portray Maddalena in Andrea Chénier.

Sonya Yoncheva returns to one of the most iconic characters of the operatic repertoire, Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare in Egitto, singing three of the role’s arias on the occasion of the Mozartwoche 2025 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra led by Thomas Guggeis. Apart from Sonya performing “Se pietà di me non senti”, “Non disperar, chi sà” and “Piangerò la sorte mia”, the concert on January 29 also includes the Vienna Philharmonic playing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, and his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550.

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Sonya Yoncheva will ring in the New Year with a series of remarkable concerts. On January 2, she brings her critically acclaimed Christmas program, “Sonya Yoncheva chante Noël,” to the Gstaad New Year Festival. Accompanied by the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles under the baton of Stefan Plewniak, the program features selections ranging from Handel’s Messiah and Mascagni’s “Ave Maria” to timeless classics such as “White Christmas” and “Stille Nacht”.

Following this, Sonya will join the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Guggeis for a prestigious concert at Salzburg’s Mozart Week on January 29. On the occasion, Sonya will sing Cleopatra’s arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto by Handel at the Großes Festspielhaus. The Vienna Philharmonic will also perform Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in C minor, and his Symphony in G minor (2nd version).

[Photo by Edouard Brane]