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Sonya Yoncheva, Soprano with Orchestra Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor WED / NOV 7 / 7:30 PM Sonya Yoncheva, Soprano Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor Sonya Yoncheva, Soprano with orchestra Domingo Hindoyan, conductor WED / NOV 7 / 7:30 PM Sonya Yoncheva, soprano Domingo Hindoyan, conductor Celebrity Opera Series at The Broad Stage supported by a generous gift from Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 6 Santiago Victor by Photo PROGRAM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Overture to Giulio Cesare in Egitto Non disperar from Giulio Cesare in Egitto Se pietà di me non senti from Giulio Cesare in Egitto Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Scene Funebre from Castor et Pollux Tristes apprêts, pales fl ambeaux from Castor et Pollux Forets paisiblies from Les Indes galantes George Frideric Handel Overture to Alcina With Darkness Deep from Theodora Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo INTERMISSION Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Overture to Le carnaval romain Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Il est doux, il est bon from Hérodiade Pleurez mes yeux from Le Cid Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut Donde lieta uscì from La Bohème Un bel dì vedremo from Madama Butterfly PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 7 ABOUT THE ARTISTS Following a series of spectacular recitals at the Monte-Carlo Opéra and home country of Bulgaria, a recital for debuts at the world’s leading opera the Teatro Real of Madrid and solo the Turku Music Festival, and houses, soprano SONYA YONCHEVA has concerts at the Berliner Philharmonie, embarked on a concert tour featuring been heralded as one of the most the Budapest Opera and the Liège Baroque repertoire with Academia acclaimed and exciting performers of Opera House. Montis Regalis which was highlighted her generation. She has become a on a Sony Classical album release. notable fi xture on the most important Ms. Yoncheva began the 2017/18 Other past performance highlights stages of the world, including the season in Paris, where she made her include several Metropolitan Opera Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera debut as Élisabeth de Valois in a new appearances, featuring her debut as House, Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische production of Verdi’s Don Carlos, Gilda in Rigoletto and star turns as Staatsoper, Berlin State Opera, Wiener followed by performances in one of Mimì in La Bohème, Violetta in Staatsoper and the Opéra de Paris. her signature roles, Mimì, in a new La Traviata and Desdemona in the Her unforgettable portrayals of iconic staging of Puccini’s La Bohème, all for 2015/16 opening production of Otello; roles have received tremendous praise the Opéra de Paris. She then travelled the title roles of lolanta, La Traviata from critics and audiences alike. to New York’s Metropolitan Opera, and Lucia di Lammermoor at Opéra de Of her performances in La Traviata at where she made her greatly Paris, Violetta at the Staatsoper Berlin, the Staatsoper Berlin, Die Welt anticipated debut in the title role of a the Palau de les Arts Valencia, Monte proclaimed: “She is the fi nest Violetta new production of Puccini’s Tosca and Carlo and the Bayerische Staatsoper; since Maria Callas. The Bulgarian reprised her acclaimed portrayal of Micaëla (Carmen) at the Royal Opera soprano Sonya Yoncheva is possibly Mimì in La Bohème. Additionally, Ms. House and Marguerite in Faust at the the best Traviata in the world at Yoncheva debuted in the title role of Vienna Staatsoper, the Royal Opera present.” Her extensive repertoire Verdi’s Luisa Miller in the fi rst Met House and the Festspielhaus Baden- includes jewels of the Baroque canon, performances of the opera in more Baden. She was also a featured artist as well as works by Mozart, Verdi, than ten years. Following this string of at the annual Adventskonzert in Tchaikovsky and Puccini. Celebrated starry engagements, Sonya Yoncheva Dresden, broadcast on ZDF in Europe. for her distinctly beautiful voice and made her role debut as Imogene in a exceptional dramatic presence, she is new production of Il Pirata at the Ms. Yoncheva is an alumna of William equally at home on the concert and Teatro alla Scala and starred as Christie’s Le Jardin des Voix and has recital stages, having performed to Poppea in a new staging of maintained a special focus on the Early critical acclaim in several cities L’incoronazione di Poppea at the and Baroque repertory. Past including Paris, Dresden, Baden-Baden Salzburg Festival. Ms. sang in concert engagements have featured her in and Munich. at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées several iconic roles, including Phani/ Paris, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Zima (Les Indes Galantes) and Dido Ms. Yoncheva’s starry 2018/19 Grand Théâtre de Genève and (Dido and Aeneas) on tour with William engagements include her title role Konzerthaus Dortmund on an all-Verdi Christie in Europe, Russia and the US; debut in a new production of program, in addition to being the La Fortuna (L’Incoronazione di Poppea) Cherubini’s Médée at the Statsoper soloist at the Bayerische Staatsoper’s at the Glyndebourne Festival; Giunone Unter den Linden in Berlin, followed by annual outdoor summer Festival (Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria) at the her return to the Metropolitan Opera Concert “Opera for All.” She was Teatro Real; Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare) for performances as Desdemona in named the 2017 medici.tv Artist of the in Reims and Versailles; and Poppea Otello and in the title part of lolanta. Year, and was featured on a series of (L’Incoronazione di Poppea) and Sonya returns to the Festspielhaus live online and archived broadcasts in Poppea (Agrippina) in Lille and Dijon Baden-Baden as Desdemona in a new celebration of this recognition. with conductor Emmanuelle Haim. staging of Otello, a role that also leads her to the Berliner Philharmonie for During the 2016/17 season, Born in 1981, Ms. Yoncheva graduated concert performances with the Berlin Ms. Yoncheva debuted in the title role with performance degrees in piano Philharmonic Orchestra. She also of Bellini’s Norma and sang Antonia in and voice in her hometown of Plovdiv, reprises her acclaimed portrayals of Les Contes d’Hoffmann at Royal Opera Bulgaria, under the tutelage of Nelly Tosca at the Staatsoper Unter den House, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin at Koitcheva. She later obtained her Linden Berlin and the Opéra de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin and was Mimì at Master’s degree in voice at the of La Traviata at the Teatro alla Scala in the Teatro alla Scala. Ms. Yoncheva Conservatory of Geneva, studying with Milan and of Norma at the Bavarian also returned to The Metropolitan Danielle Borst. Ms. Yoncheva is also the State Opera of Munich. Performances Opera as Violetta in La Traviata, and winner of several renowned on the concert platform include was a featured artist at the Met’s Gala international competitions, including Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Concert celebrating its 50th top prize and the special CultureArte Philharmonie of Paris, gala concerts at Anniversary at Lincoln Center. She prize at Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Teatro alla Scala and Opéra de Paris, sang a full Verdi Gala concert in her competition (2010). She was honored 8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE ABOUT THE ARTISTS as the Newcomer of the Year (Singer) France, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Venezuela. He began his music studies at the 2015 ECHO Klassik Awards and New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, as a violinist and member of the received the Special Prize of the Les Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de renowned Venezuelan musical Amis du Festival for her performance Liège and Simón Bolívar Symphony education program El Sistema. of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, at the Orchestra. Starting from the 2019/20 He went on to study conducting in Academy of Festival d’Aix-en-Provence season, Domingo will serve as the Europe at the Haute Ecole de Musique (2007). She has also been awarded Principal Guest Conductor of the de Genève with Professor Laurent Gay. several scholarships provided by Polish National Radio Symphony several Swiss Foundations including Orchestra. “Mosetti” and “Hablitzel.” Ms. Yoncheva is also a fi rst-prize winner of numerous In the 2018/19 season, Domingo competitions in her home country of conducts, amongst others, Helsinki Bulgaria: “Competition for Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Classical Music” in 2000 and Philharmonique du Luxembourg, “Competition for German and Austrian Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Classical Music” in 2001. She and her Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria brother Marin Yonchev were lauded as and Orchestre Philharmonique de the Singers of the Year in the 2000 Monte-Carlo. Equally busy on the edition of the competition “Hit-1,” opera stage, Domingo makes a series produced by Bulgarian National of signifi cant debuts: Wiener Television. Ms. Yoncheva has Staatsoper (Turandot), Lyric Opera of collaborated with acclaimed popular Chicago (La Bohème), Royal Swedish artists including Sting and Elvis Costello, Opera (Aida) and Liceu Barcelona and she retains a keen interest in fi lm (Luisa Miller). He returns to Deutsche music, which includes her past Staatsoper Berlin to conduct Tosca. collaborations with famed composer Vladimir Cosma. She records Last season, Domingo made acclaimed exclusively for Sony Classical and is debuts at The Metropolitan Opera featured on a solo Baroque album (L’Elisir d’Amore), the Mariinsky Theatre titled Handel, in addition to her debut (La Bohème), Oper Stuttgart (Tosca), solo album Paris, mon amour, Semperoper Dresden (La Traviata) and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and several Opéra de Monte-Carlo (I Puritani). recordings on DVD/Blu-Ray. He also returned to Deutsche In February 2018, her latest solo CD Staatsoper Berlin with La Traviata The Verdi Album was released. and Orfeo ed Euridice. Her discography also includes CD recordings of Le Nozze di Figaro Recent symphonic highlights included (Contessa) for Deutsche Gramophone guest engagements with the Dresden and Handel’s Messiah with the world- Philharmonic, Hamburger Symphoniker, renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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