A la suite de son triomphe parisien aux côtés de Jonas Kaufmann dans «Don Carlos», Sonya Yoncheva consacre son nouvel album à Verdi. Un incontournable!
Na haar triomf in Parijs naast Jonas Kaufmann in “Don Carlos” wijdt Sonya Yoncheva haar nieuwe album aan Verdi. Een aanrader!
in Opera Now (Apr, 2018)
Having given us an excellent CD of French arias followed by a wan Handel collection, Sonya Yoncheva now offers Verdi arias and regains a lot of the form that made her reputation. She certainly has a go at just about everything, ranging from the delicacy of Desdemona’s ‘Ave Maria’, to the wilder grief of the Forza Leonora’s ‘Pace! Pace, mio Dio!’ But one size doesn’t fit all, so despite her careful delineation of character, Yoncheva inevitably sounds occasionally over-parted. Perhaps best are the musings of Amelia Boccanegra, which sit perfectly within the size and range of her voice. But having spun an elegant Bellinian line in Abigaille’s aria (Nabucco) …
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