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Sonya Yoncheva makes her debut at the famed Caracalla Festival in Rome, singing her signature role of Tosca on July 24 and 31. Located at the ancient Baths of Caracalla, the open-air festival is being organised every year by the Rome Opera House. This new production of Tosca is by Francesco Micheli, with Antonino Fogliani conducting. Sonya teams up again with Vittorio Grigolo as Cavaradossi, returning to perform together as the protagonists of Puccini’s masterpiece following the Japan tour of the Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in September last year. Roberto Frontali is performing the role of Scarpia.
After the performances in Rome, Sonya will reprise the part at the Royal Opera House in London and at the Wiener Staatsoper next season.

[Photo: Sonya Yoncheva as Tosca on the Rome Opera House Japan tour, September 2023. Credit: Fabrizio Sansnoi-Opera di Roma]

Sonya Yoncheva returns to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, presenting for the first time on the legendary London stage her acclaimed portrayal of Tosca. The performances on July 14, 17 and 21 also feature Yusif Eyvazov and Aleksei Isaev in the other leading roles and are conducted by Andrea Battistoni. The staging is by Jonathan Kent.

Since her 2017 role debut at the Metropolitan Opera, Tosca has become Sonya Yoncheva’s most performed part. She has sung it in numerous international venues, including the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Staatsoper Berlin, the Arena Verona, Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, the Zurich Opera, the Gstaad Festival, and with the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma on tour in Japan.

The Bulgarian superstar soprano made her ROH debut as Musetta in La bohème in 2013, returning as Marguerite in Faust, Violetta in La traviata, Micaëla in Carmen, the title role in a new production of Norma, as Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann and most recently as Mimì in La bohème in 2020.

More information and tickets to the Tosca performances in London:
https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/tosca-by-jonathan-kent-2024-details