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Sonya Yoncheva’s new album Diptyque is released today, 30 October, on Onyx Classics. Recorded with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Domingo Hindoyan, it brings together rarely heard vocal and orchestral works by Giuseppe Martucci and Joseph Canteloube.

Yoncheva sings Martucci’s La canzone dei ricordi, a cycle of seven songs tracing the memories of a lost love, and Canteloube’s Triptyque, whose three songs evoke summer, moonlight and dawn. The programme also includes Martucci’s orchestral Notturno and the world-premiere recording of Canteloube’s symphonic poem Vers la princesse lointaine.

Their first joint album’s title reflects the relationship between two independent artistic personalities, united as singer and conductor, husband and wife. As they write in the booklet: “We inhabit that space as husband and wife, singer and conductor – two independent sensibilities drawn towards a shared horizon.”

Recorded at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall in February 2025, Diptyque marks Yoncheva’s debut on Onyx Classics. She dedicates the album to her teacher Danielle Borst.

Discover the album: https://www.onyxclassics.com/release/diptyque

On October 30, 2026, Sonya Yoncheva returns to the Metropolitan Opera in the title role of Cherubini’s Medea, marking her 13th role with the company and her first performances of the part in Italian. Having made her role debut in the original French version at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in 2018, she now brings her interpretation to New York in David McVicar’s production, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.

Sonya appears alongside Michael Spyres as Giasone, Elena Villalón as Glauce, Victoria Karkacheva as Neris and Alexandros Stavrakakis as Creonte. Her six performances take place on October 30 and November 4, 7, 10, 13 and 19, 2026.

Audiences worldwide can listen to the performances on October 30 and November 13 through the Met’s free live audio streams and Met Opera Radio on SiriusXM, with coverage beginning at 7:25 p.m. New York time on both dates. A recorded performance will also air on the Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network and SiriusXM on April 10, 2027.

Production information and tickets: https://www.metopera.org/season/2026-27-season/medea/full-cast/

[Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera]