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On 18 July 2026, Sonya Yoncheva will appear at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon for a special concert celebrating the Foundation’s 70th anniversary.

Under the direction of Carlo Rizzi, the Gulbenkian Orchestra and Gulbenkian Choir will present a programme featuring some of the most emblematic works of the European operatic repertoire. Sonya will perform arias by Bizet, Puccini, Dvořák, Massenet and other composers, including Carmen’s celebrated Habanera, “In quelle trine morbide” from Manon Lescaut, Rusalka’s “Song to the Moon”, “Adieu, notre petite table” from Manon and “Il est doux, il est bon” from Hérodiade.

The programme will also include orchestral and choral highlights from Carmen, Cavalleria rusticana, Le Villi, Pagliacci, Faust and Nabucco, alongside Dvořák’s Carnival Overture and Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps.

The concert will take place in the Grande Auditório of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian at 7 p.m. Admission is free, subject to availability.

The performance will be filmed by RTP and broadcast live on the Fundação Gulbenkian website.

More information on https://gulbenkian.pt/agenda/celebracao-do-70-o-aniversario-da-fundacao-gulbenkian/

On 14 July 2026, Sonya Yoncheva will perform for the first time at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, appearing in concert at the Grand Théâtre de Provence with Cappella Mediterranea and Leonardo García-Alarcón.

The concert marks a particularly meaningful return to Aix for Sonya, almost 20 years after she was a member of the Festival’s Académie in 2007. For her first appearance on the Festival’s main programme, she brings Rebirth, one of her most personal and acclaimed concert projects.

Recorded for the album of the same name and first performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2020, Rebirth has since been presented at leading venues including Teatro alla Scala, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.

Conceived as a journey across centuries, cultures and musical traditions, the programme brings together Renaissance and Baroque works from Italy, Spain and England with traditional and popular songs. Music by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Stradella, Purcell, Dowland, Caldara and Gibbons appears alongside Spanish and Latin American repertoire, Leonardo García-Alarcón’s reconstruction of an aria from Antonio Draghi’s El Prometeo and the Bulgarian traditional song “Zableyalo mi agǎnce”.

Moving from intimate lament and poetic reflection to the rhythmic energy of dance, Rebirth explores the connections between early music and the songs that have been passed down through generations.

More information and tickets: https://festival-aix.com/en/programmation/concert/sonya-yoncheva-leonardo-garcia-alarcon-cappella-mediterranea

On 9 July 2026, Sonya Yoncheva makes her Wigmore Hall debut with her celebrated recital programme Ad una stella.

Joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau, the recital brings together Italian song and operatic repertoire in an intimate programme centred on Puccini, Verdi, Tosti and Martucci, with a Spanish accent added through Albéniz’s Tango from España. Alongside lyrical miniatures such as Puccini’s Sole e amore, Terra e mare and Canto d’anime, the programme includes Verdi’s In solitaria stanza, Ad una stella and L’esule, as well as Tosti’s beloved Ideale.

In the second half, Yoncheva returns to some of Puccini’s most touching heroines, with music from Le Villi, Tosca, La bohème and Madama Butterfly, including Vissi d’arte, Donde lieta uscì and Un bel dì vedremo.

Sonya has presented Ad una stella on major international stages, from Berlin to Tokyo, Buenos Aires and New York.

The recital marks a special London appearance for Sonya Yoncheva at one of the world’s most celebrated venues for song and chamber music.

More information and tickets: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202607091930