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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, Un Ballo in Maschera in Palermo, Tosca in
Rome, Don Carlo in Madrid (Escorial).
Among her future plans it is worth mentioning Tosca at
the Opera in Rome and at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari; Nabucco at
the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège.
*Company debut
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Paolo Arrivabeni - conductor
Music Director at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège.
Regularly invited by the major theaters and opera festivals, Paolo Arrivabeni is
especially in demand for Italian and French opera, but he is also particularly interested
in the major Russian and German repertoire, regularly conducting works by Mahler,
Strauss and Mussorgsky. M° Arrivabeni conducted in the past seasons La
Favorite at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, La Traviata, Macbeth,
Simon Boccanegra and Don Carlo in Dresden, Il Trovatore at
the Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata, Macbeth and Nabucco at
the Staatsoper and Maria Stuarda at the Deustche Oper in Berlin, La
Straniera and Moïse et Pharaon in Marseille, Macbeth in
Copenaghen, Fidelio, Tosca, Aida, Cenerentola, Les
Pêcheurs de perles, La Forza del Destino, Ernani and a
Wagner Gala at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Roberto Devereux at
the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Lucrezia Borgia at the Munich Opera
Festival and Il Turco in Italia at the Bayerische Staatsoper, La
Straniera at the Theater an der Wien, Don Giovanni in
Monte Carlo, Un Ballo in Maschera in Palermo, La Bohème at
the Terme di Caracalla in Rome; Puccini’s Messa di Gloria at the Théâtre des Champs
Elysées in Paris with the Orchestre National de France.
Future plans : Don Carlo in Dresden; I Due Foscari, Boris
Godunov and Lohengrin in Marseille; La Forza del Destino and
La Bohème at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Nabucco at
Deutsche Oper in Berlin; Lucrezia Borgia at the Bayerische Staatsoper
in Munich; La Bohème at the New National Theatre in Tokyo; La
Rondine in Toulouse; Aida at the Chorégies d'Orange; Maria
Stuarda at the Theater an der Wien.
In Liège M° Arrivabeni will conduct Die Zauberflöte, La Bohème, Turandot, Nabucco and
other important productions.
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Semperoper
Dresden
November 1st, 2015
November 6th
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