Sonya Yoncheva Soprano
Season 25/26 Artist

Biography

After completing her vocal studies in her native city of Plovdiv and in Geneva, Sonya Yoncheva began her career as a graduate of William Christie's Jardin des Voix, specialising in baroque roles which still account for a significant part of her repertoire.

Highlights of her career include numerous appearances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, including a recital, the title roles in Tosca and Fedora and the roles of Desdemona (Otello) and Élisabeth de Valois (Don Carlos).

At La Scala, Milan, she sang the title role in Fedora and that of Imogene (Il Pirata), and appeared in the opening gala of the 2020-2021 season, "A Riveder le Stelle", among others. She made her role debut in Norma at London's Royal Opera House and took on the title role in L'Incoronazione di Poppea at the Salzburg Festival, again in new productions.

During the 2024-2025 season, she performs the title role in Dido and Aeneas in Madrid, Oviedo, Toulouse and Versailles, makes her debut as Lisa (The Queen of Spades) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, performs in Dido and Aeneas … Erwartung at Munich's Bayerische Staatsoper, and plays the title roles in new productions of Madama Butterfly at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu and Iolanta at the Vienna Staatsoper, where she also appears as Tosca and Maddalena (Andrea Chénier). Solo recitals and concerts take her to Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, São Paulo, Vienna and Zurich, among other cities.

Sonya Yoncheva is also active as a producer. After releasing four solo albums on Sony Classical, she recorded her album "The Courtesan" with her company SY11, followed by "GEORGE" and her first book, Fifteen Mirrors. She has organised a series of concerts in Sofia.

Sonya Yoncheva is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador and Rolex ambassador.

At the Paris Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (title role), 2013; Iolanta (title role), 2016; La Traviata (title role), 2016; La Bohème (Mimì), 2017; Don Carlos (Élisabeth de Valois), 2017