Education
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Yoncheva studied piano and voice at the National School for Music and Dance in Plovdiv.
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Yoncheva studied piano and voice at the National School for Music and Dance in Plovdiv.
During her teenage years, she hosted a Bulgarian television show about music Yoncheva was an invited participant in William Christie"s "Jardin des Voix" academy for young singers in 2007. She has continued work in the baroque repertoire with Christie, and also with Le Concert d"Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm.
Her debut at the Metropolitan Opera was in November 2013 when she stepped in as Gilda in Rigoletto, in advance of her previously scheduled official debut.
In 2014 at the Met, she sang her stage role debut as Mimì (Louisiana bohème) in November and shared the role of Violetta (Louisiana traviata) in December. In 2015 she appeared as Desdemona in Otello.
Yoncheva is featured on commercial recordings on the Virgin Classics label. In November 2013, she signed a recording contract with Sony Classical.
She also appears in commercial Digital Video Disc releases of Claudio Monteverdi"s L"incoronazione di Poppea and Il ritorno d"Ulisse in patria, and of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi"s Il Flaminio.