Virginia Tola - Floria Tosca

Winner of the Operalia Prize in Barcelona, Mrs. Tola began a career that brought her to important theaters such as: Colon in Buenos Aires, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Teatro Real in Madrid, Washington National Opera, Opéra in Monte Carlo, Arena in Verona, La Monnaie in Brussels, Los Angeles Opera, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Regio in Turin and the opera houses in Klagenfurt, La Plata and Santa Fe. After her successes as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Contessa d’Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Violetta in Traviata, Desdemona in Otello, Luisa Miller (title role) and Mimì in La Bohème, she has recently added new roles to her repertoire, singing Lina in Stiffelio, Abigaille in Nabucco, Nedda in Pagliacci, Amelia in Un ballo in Maschera. Mrs. Tola sang Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Teatro Regio in Parma, at the Colon in Buenos Aires, at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Desdemona in Otello in Modena and Piacenza; Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni in Oviedo; Falstaff in Sao Paulo. Besides her opera appearances, Mrs. Tola usually performs in concerts all over the world: she recently appeared in recital besides Placido Domingo in Japan. Mrs. Tola’s discography includes Ginastera’s Don Rodrigo and Milena and Bacalov’s Triple Concerto for Delos International. Virginia Tola recently gained great success singing Leonora in La Forza del Destino at the Teatro Regio in Parma and Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Comunale in Bologna, Vick directing and Mariotti conducting.She also sang Ernani at the Opera in Florence and Un Ballo in Maschera in Palermo.

Among her future plans it is worth mentioning: Il Corsaro (Gulnara) in Parma; I Due Foscari in Marseille; Tosca and Il Trittico at the Rome Opera; Nabucco at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; Don Carlo in Madrid (Escorial) and at the Teatro Municipal de Sao Paulo.

Aquiles Machado - Mario Cavaradossi*

Internationally sought-after tenor Aquiles Machado recently appeared in: Tosca in Leipzig, as well as at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Beijing, Berlin (Deutsche Oper) and Vienna (Wiener Staatsoper); Carmen, Un Ballo in Maschera and Faust in Las Palmas; Simon Boccanegra in Zurich; Madama Butterfly  in Torre del Lago and Vienna; La Bohème in Valencia, Riccardo Chailly conducting; Norma at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna; Il Trovatore at the Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata; La Traviata at the Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo, in Valencia and at the Opera in Florence, both under Zubin Mehta; Roméo et Juliette in Liège; Carmen in Bilbao and in Minorca; I Due Foscari in Toulouse; La Bohème at the Terme in Caracalla (Rome) and in Dresden; Cavalleria Rusticana in Pamplona; Madama Butterfly and Carmen in St.Petersburg; Tosca in Cagliari under Gianluigi Gelmetti and at the Opera in Rome; Don Carlo and La Traviata at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; I due Foscari at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona opposite Placido Domingo. Aquiles Machado performed Verdi’s Requiem in Bologna, then on tour in Moscow at the Rostropovich Festival under Michele Mariotti, in Cincinnati and St. Louis under Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos, at the Gewandhaus Leipzig under Anthony Bramall.

Future plans: Un Ballo in Maschera with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta; Don Carlo in São Paulo; Simon Boccanegra and Werther in Las Palmas; La Bohème in Liège; Madama Butterfly at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.