Blu-Ray Video, Sonya Yoncheva (soprano)
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Special offer. Bellini: Norma
RecommendedSonya Yoncheva (Norma), Joseph Calleja (Pollione), Sonia Ganassi (Adalgisa), Brindley Sherratt (Oroveso), David Junghoon Kim (Flavio), Vlada Borovko (Clotilde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Àlex Ollé (director)
The virtues of this staging lie in individual performances and in the music-making, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra and chorus giving taut and committed interpretations under Antonio Pappano.... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Puccini: La Bohème
Sonya Yoncheva (Mimì), Charles Castronovo (Rodolfo), Andrzej Filończyk (Marcello), Simona Mihai (Musetta), Gyula Nagy (Schaunard), Peter Kellner (Colline)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Jones, Emmanuel Villaume
Individual performances are perceptive and human. Charles Castronovo makes a likeable Rodolfo, his sense of Italianate style as much an asset as the dynamic range of his lyric tenor...With Sonya... — More…
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Special offer. Umberto Giordano: Siberia
Sonya Yoncheva (Stephana), Giorgi Sturua (Vassili), George Petean (Gléby), Caterina Piva (Nikona), Giorgio Misseri (Il Principe Alexis), Antonio Garés (Ivan)
Orchestra e Coro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Noseda, Roberto Andò
It’s handsomely done in visual terms and works surprisingly well. But it ’s the artistry with which the piece is tackled that convinces one that Siberia is unfairly neglected: the richness of... — More…
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Special offer. Puccini: Tosca
Sonya Yoncheva (Tosca), Vittorio Grigolo (Cavaradossi), Roman Burdenko (Scarpia), Carlo Bosi (Spoletta), Giorgi Manoshvili (Angelotti), Giulio Mastrototaro (Sacristan)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Arena Di Verona, Hugo de Ana, Francesco Ivan Ciampa
In all respects, she is a sensation in this role: truly one of the great Toscas of our time, and the DVD surely deserves a place in the Puccini fan’s collection on that count alone...The production... — More…
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Special offer. Pergolesi: Flaminio
Juan Francisco Gatell (Polidoro), Laura Polverelli (Flaminio), Marina De Liso (Giustina), Sonia Yoncheva (Agata) & Serena Malfi (Ferdinando)
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Michal Znaniecki (stage director)
The recitatives are crisp, witty and delivered at a rate of knots. The production and staging are tight too...[the singers are] technically absolutely rock solid and terrific actors but never... — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta - The Nutcracker
Sonya Yoncheva, Arnold Rutkowski, Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)
There are far more pluses than minuses here: you can say the opera is a great success, the ballet a bit controversial but quite intriguing and definitely a bold approach to a classic. — More…
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Love Duets
Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Vittorio Grigolo (tenor), Orchestra of the Arena di Verona, Placido Domingo
Vocally, there is much to relish from two artists at home in this repertoire. Yoncheva performs with consummate artistry, her dark-hued voice consistently well-projected and even across the... — More…
