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Sonya Yoncheva returns to Varna as Tosca and Lisa
A regular guest at the Varna Summer Theatre, Sonya Yoncheva returns to the festival this year on two consecutive evenings in her most performed role, Tosca, and her newest, Lisa in The Queen of Spades.
On August 8, she stars as Puccini’s Roman diva alongside Valery Georgiev as Cavaradossi, Plamen Dimitrov as Scarpia, Evgeni Stanimirov as Angelotti, and Geo Chobanov as the Sacristan. Nayden Todorov conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Varna Opera. The production is directed by Srebrena Sokolova, with designs by Kuzman Popov.
The following evening, August 9, Sonya appears as Lisa, fresh from her acclaimed role debut at the Metropolitan Opera a few months ago. She reunites with Arsen Soghomonyan as Hermann, her co-star from the Met run. The production is directed by Vera Nemirova and conducted by Grigor Palikarov.
[Photo by Manfred Baumann]
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Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” at the Verbier Festival
On July 28, Sonya Yoncheva returns to one of Rossini’s most dramatic sacred works with a performance of his Stabat Mater at the Verbier Festival.
She is joined by Alice Coote, Sunnyboy Dladla, Ludovic Tézier, and the Choeur de Chambre de Namur, under the direction of Domingo Hindoyan with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.
The program also includes Haydn’s Symphony No. 49 in F minor, Hob. I:49 «La Passione».
Watch the live broadcast on medici.tv at 18:30 CET or enjoy it later on replay:
https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/verbier-festival-2025-fabio-luisi-haydn-symphony-49-rossini-stabat-mater-sonya-yoncheva-alice-coote-sunnyboy-dladla-ludovic-tezier
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