01 Aug Sonya Yoncheva featured in The Talks
Sonya Yoncheva featured in The Talks
August 1, 2022
Sonya Yoncheva, Winner of the First and CulturArte Prizes in Operalia 2010, is featured in the online magazine The Talks
“We need to make something that is special, and I think we must be fearless to show our real personality in that way. No one wants to see someone on stage simply repeating the same story — what is the purpose of that? Building a quality performance means that you make it unique.”
Read the full interview in The Talks
Photo: Alex de Brabant
Sonya Yoncheva featured in The Talks
August 1, 2022
Rolando Villazón, Winner of the Second, Zarzuela and Audience Prizes in Operalia 1999, is featured in the online magazine The Talks
“The first thing about opera that I fell in love with was the voice of Placido Domingo — but through his love songs, the crossover albums that he recorded, not his opera albums. I became such fan of his voice. It wasn’t until much later when I was 18 that a baritone, the father of one of my classmates, asked me about opera. And I said, “What’s that?” (Laughs) He started introducing me to everything: you like Domingo? Let me show you. The first thing he showed me was Domingo’s “E Lucevan le Stelle” from Tosca, and I thought it was so amazing.”
Read the full interview in The Talks