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Sonya Yoncheva is forced to cancel her participation as the protagonist of La Gioconda at the Teatro alla Scala due to illness.

The soprano has been fighting a very strong flu for a couple of weeks and is still not in the shape to participate in the rehearsals. Since the premiere is only two weeks away, it is not possible for her to still commit on making her debut in such a demanding role at this point.

“I have been looking so much forward to performing this role at one of my favorite theatres”, says Sonya. “The only consolation now after I withdraw from the performances of La Gioconda is that I will be back at La Scala in October for Fedora and that I will be debuting Gioconda, a role I completely fell in love with in 2024.

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On May 15, 2022, Sonya Yoncheva will sing for the first time Martucci’s song cycle La Canzone dei Ricordi with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra led by Domingo Hindoyan at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, making her debut with the British orchestra and in Liverpool.

The concert will also feature the overture of Verdi’s Luisa Miller and Schumann’s Symphony No.2.

Unfortunately Sonya had to cancel the first concert on May 12 due to a flu, but hopes to be able to sing the one on Sunday.

More information about the May 15 concert: https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/classical-music/schumann-symphony/4029

On May 6 and 9, 2022, Sonya Yoncheva will bring Giordano’s rarely performed Verismo opera Siberia to the Teatro Real of Madrid, starring as the female protagonist Stephana. The work will be performed for the very first time in the history of the Teatro Real and will feature Murat Karahan, George Petean, Elena Zilio, Mercedes Gancedo, Alejandro del Cerro, Albert Casals, Tomeu Bibiloni and Fernando Radó in the other roles. Domingo Hindoyan will lead the Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real. The concerts will be recorded for a future broadcast by Radio Clásica (RNE).

Sonya made her role debut as Stephana in a concert performance at the Festival Radio France in Montpellier in 2017 and reprised it last year for the first time in a staged production at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. These performances in Florence were recorded and are available on CD and DVD/Blu-Ray on the Dynamic label.

The superstar soprano returns to the Teatro Real following previous star turns in Don Pasquale, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Roméo et Juliette, Il pirata and her recital programme Ad una Stella.

More information about the performances of Siberia in Madrid: https://www.teatroreal.es/es/espectaculo/siberia