Tantalising Bulgarian soprano, Sonya Yoncheva, takes to the stage of the stunning Kloster Schussenried monastery library in Germany. Her stunning performance highlights one of the singer's musical inspirations: powerful female characters, "women with a story", women "with a lot of material to say something". Her recital is part of the Metropolitan Opera's groundbreaking new series of pay-per-view concerts taking place in locations across the globe. Every one is live via satellite, shot using multiple cameras and directed from New York, often thousands of kilometres from the stage. It's the Metropolitan Opera's creative solution to the pandemic. An illuminating performance From Verdi and Handel to Dvořák and Edith Piaf, Yoncheva's unique voice is accompanied on the piano by Julien Quentin. Her recital has the same enthusiasm as if it were performed in front of a physical audience. Or as Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, describes it, "the singers have the adrenaline of knowing that thousands of people are watching even though they're not in the room with them". It gives the artists "the adrenaline of the live performance where anything can happen".