Sonya Yoncheva is one of today’s fastest rising young opera stars. The Bulgarian soprano first gained international prominence in 2010 when she won first prize at Placido Domingo’s prestigious Operalia competition. In 2013, Sonya had her Met Opera debut as Gilda in Rigoletto, garnering praise from audiences and critics alike, with the New York Times proclaiming, “She brought lovely stage presence and a sumptuous, penetrating voice to her performance. Ms. Yoncheva has such vocal glamour.” Sonya has collaborated with many artists from the opera and pop world including Sting, Placido Domingo, Elvis Costello and Jonas Kaufmann.

For her debut album, Paris, mon amour, Yoncheva focuses on repertoire from 19th-century Paris as an homage to the “Belle Epoque” era. The album features arias from her career-defining roles as well as new additions to her repertoire which she will be performing at some of the world’s greatest opera houses through-out the 2014/15 season. Paris, mon amour includes some of the most beautiful and well-known arias from Paris operas like La Traviata and La Boheme along with lesser-known arias from the golden era of French opera music and French operettas by Messager and Lecocq.