Sonya
Americannoun
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Phil leader about managing an L.A. post from an ocean away — Hindoyan and his wife, renowned opera singer Sonya Yoncheva, currently keep a primary residence in Switzerland.
From Los Angeles Times
Hindoyan also said that he doesn’t intend to push any collaborations with his Grammy-nominated wife, but “the aim of any music director of an important opera house is to have the best singers in the house ... and Sonya is absolutely part of that list.”
From Los Angeles Times
Upward mobility can be imported into neighborhoods, according to results just released by Chetty and his co-authors, Rebecca Diamond, Thomas Foster, Lawrence Katz, Sonya Porter, Matthew Staiger and Laura Tach.
Dolly evokes the spirit of Sonya in “Uncle Vanya” toward the play’s conclusion, when she and her father are left alone and she vows: “We have to go on. We have to”—strongly evoking the last scene of “Vanya.”
Sonya McMullan, from Women's Aid, said that for survivors and families, the delay feels like "you are putting your life on hold".
From BBC
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