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Sonya Yoncheva stars in the title role of a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta at the Wiener Staatsoper. The performances are scheduled for March 24, 27, 31, and April 4 and 6, with a dress rehearsal open to people under 27 on March 21.

This marks Sonya’s third production of Iolanta, following her sensational role debut at the Opéra national de Paris and subsequent performances at the Metropolitan Opera. This season, she also portrays another of Tchaikovsky’s heroines, Lisa in The Queen of Spades at the MET, making her role debut.

The production of Iolanta in Vienna is directed by Evgeny Titov and conducted by Tugan Sokhiev. Ivo Stanchev sings René, Boris Pinkhasovich Robert, Dmytro Popov Vaudémont, Attila Mokus Ibn-Hakia, Daniel Jenz Almeric, Simonas Strazdas Bertrand, Monika Bohinec Martha, Maria Nazarova Brigitta, and Daria Sushkova Laura.

For more information and tickets, please visit the Wiener Staatsoper website:
https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/kalender/detail/iolanta/

[Photo: Victor Santiago / SY11]

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.

More information and tickets on
https://mozarteum.at/mozartwoche?event=wiener-philharmoniker-guggeis-yoncheva&sc=konzert#events

[Photo: Victor Santiago / SY11]