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Sonya Yoncheva returns to the role of Cherubini’s Médée in four performances at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden in February 2020. In the same Andrea Breth staging, the superstar soprano made her acclaimed role debut as the vengeful sorceress, opening the 2018/19 season of the prestigious German opera house. After the premiere, the Financial Times lauded her as being “a stage animal to her last molecule” and for her “extraordinary range of colour and passion”.

In this revival, Sonya shares the stage with Francesco Demuro, Iain Paterson, Slávka Zámečníková and Marina Prudenskaya in the other main roles. Oksana Lyniv conducts the performances on February 8, 12, 15 and 21.

More information and tickets on https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/medea.2764/

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On January 29 at 7:45pm local time, Puccini’s La Bohème from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden starring Sonya Yoncheva as Mimì will be screened live by 1.172 cinemas in 26 countries. 523 Cinemas in 33 countries are taking it delayed. On the following link, you will find a list of cinemas screening the performance:
https://www.roh.org.uk/showings/la-boheme-live-2020

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In January 2020, Sonya Yoncheva will return to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in her first London performances as Mimì in La bohème. The performance on January 29 will be screened by many international cinemas. On the following link you can check which movie theatre nearby is going to broadcast the show: https://www.roh.org.uk/showings/la-boheme-live-2020

Mimì is one of Sonya’s most performed roles, having earned her accolades at many of the world’s most important stages such as the Metropolitan Opera, where she made her role debut in 2014, the Paris Opera, the Teatro alla Scala, the Staatsoper Berlin and the Bayerische Staatsoper of Munich.

Sonya returns to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden after her highly acclaimed portrayals of Norma and Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann in the 2016/17 season. She made her Covent Garden debut in 2013 as Musetta in the previous John Copley staging of La bohème.

In this Richard Jones production which premiered in the 2017/18 season, she will sing under the baton of Emmanuel Villaume, and with Charles Castronovo, Andrzej Filonczyk, Aida Garifullina and Gyula Nagy in the other main roles. There will be six performances on January 14, 17, 20, 23 and 29, 2019.

Photo by Dario Acosta.