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On August 28 and 29, 2025, Sonya Yoncheva returns to Sofia for two major open-air concerts on Alexander Nevsky Square.

Organized by Sonya’s company SY11 Events, the evenings bring together some of the greatest voices of our time:

– August 28: Sonya Yoncheva with Vittorio Grigolo
– August 29: Sonya Yoncheva with two of the legendary Three Tenors, José Carreras and Plácido Domingo

The Italian Evening with Vittorio Grigolo features music from Verdi’s La forza del destino, Rigoletto, and La traviata, as well as Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Tosca in the first half. The second half presents beloved themes from Italian cinema by Nino Rota, Massimo Ranieri, Gianni Ferrio, Leo Chiosso, Giancarlo Del Re, Ennio Morricone, Chiara Ferrau, Lucio Dalla, Tony Renis, and Alberto Testa.

The Grand Finale with José Carreras and Plácido Domingo includes opera and operetta pieces by Puccini, Cilea, Giordano, Bizet, Dvořák, and Lehár, alongside works by Sorozábal, Satie, Gastaldon, Valente, Bernstein, Leigh, Mancini, de Dios Filiberto, Mendoza, and Cortés.

Both concerts will be accompanied by the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nayden Todorov.

Tickets:
August 28: https://epaygo.bg/3764743724
August 29: https://epaygo.bg/2573877335

In August, Sonya Yoncheva returns to one of her most acclaimed roles: Bellini’s Norma. She will appear in two semi-staged performances – on August 22 at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and on August 24 at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Domingo Hindoyan conducts the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, with a distinguished cast including Karine Deshayes (Adalgisa), Stefan Pop (Pollione), Alexander Vinogradov (Oroveso), Marin Yonchev (Flavio), and Kristine Klein (Clotilde).

Sonya first performed the Druid priestess in 2016 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and has since taken the role to the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the Munich Opera Festival. In this upcoming 2025/26 season, she will also sing Norma at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.

More information and tickets for Gstaad and Baden-Baden:
https://www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch/de/concert/programm-and-tickets/programm-2025/konzerte/2025/8110
https://www.festspielhaus.de/veranstaltungen/norma/