She studied piano and singing in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), her hometown, and completed her musical studies in Geneva. A student of William Christie’s Le Jardin des Voix, she has starred in new productions of Tosca and Otello at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Norma at the Royal Opera House in London, Il pirata at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Salzburg Festival, Médée and La traviata at the Berlin Staatsoper, as well as Don Carlos and La bohème at the Opéra National de Paris. Her recent engagements include Tosca in Munich and Berlin, La traviata in Florence, Médée in Berlin, La bohème in London, Il pirata in Madrid, Otello in Baden-Baden, Iolanta and Otello in New York, along with galas in Milan, Berlin, and Paris, and concerts in Salzburg, Madrid, Monte Carlo, Budapest, Mexico City, and Antwerp (Belgium). She works exclusively with Sony Classical and is a Rolex ambassador.
She made her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 2021/22 season with the Sonya Yoncheva Concert and returned with Norma (2021/22).