Tosca with Sonya Yoncheva Postponed to August 8

Tosca with Sonya Yoncheva Postponed to August 8

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The Varna Opera has announced that the performance of Tosca featuring renowned soprano Sonya Yoncheva, originally scheduled for August 5 as part of the Opera in the Summer Theatre festival, has been postponed to August 8 due to the singer's temporary indisposition. All purchased tickets remain valid, CE Report quotes BTA

Yoncheva will perform her acclaimed role in Puccini’s Tosca, conducted by Maestro Nayden Todorov, with a cast including Valery Georgiev, Plamen Dimitrov, and Evgeni Stanimirov. The production is directed by Srebrena Sokolova with set design by Kuzman Popov.

This marks only Yoncheva’s second performance of Tosca in Bulgaria. She will also appear in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades on August 9, alongside Armenian tenor Arsen Soghomonyan, under the baton of Maestro Grigor Palikarov.

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