Virginia Tola - Elisabetta
Winner of the Operalia Prize in Barcelona, Ms. 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 had recently
added new roles to her repertoire, singing Lina in Stiffelio, Abigaille in
Nabucco, Nedda in Pagliacci, Amelia in Un ballo in Maschera.
Ms. 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, Ms. Tola usually performs in concerts
all over the world: she recently appeared in recital besides Placido Domingo in
Japan. 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 Comunale in Bologna, Graham Vick directing and Michele Mariotti conducting. She
also sang Ernani at the Opera in Florence, Tosca in Rome and Genoa,
Don Carlo in Madrid (Escorial), Un Ballo in Maschera at Seoul Arts
Center.
Among her future plans it is worth mentioning Andrea Chénier
(Maddalena) in Sassari; Macbeth at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Adriana
Lecouvreur (title role) in Buenos Aires; Nabucco at the Opéra Royal
de Wallonie in Liège.
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