Virginia Tola - Amelia*

Winner of the Operalia Prize in Barcelona, Mrs. Tola began a career that brought her to important theaters such as: Colòn 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 Opéra, 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 and Lina in Stiffelio in Monte-Carlo; 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 as 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 Tosca at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.

Among her future plans it is worth mentioning  I Due Foscari in Marseille; Nabucco at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; Don Carlo in Madrid and at the Teatro Municipal de Sao Paulo.

Giuseppe Gipali - Riccardo*

Refined interpreter of Verdi’s operas, his repertoire ranges from Bel Canto to Verismo, to the French Lyric repertoire, which he sang all over the world in prestigious theatres such as: Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Arena di Verona, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Covent Garden in London, Wiener Staatsoper, Théâtre du Chatelet and Opera Bastille in Paris, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Liceu in Barcelona, San Francisco Opera. Mr. Gipali regularly collaborated with conductors as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Daniele Gatti, Nicola Luisotti, Daniele Callegari and directors as Franco Zeffirelli, Mario Martone and Pierluigi Pizzi.

Mr. Gipali lately performed La Traviata and Un Ballo in Maschera in Bologna; Don Carlo in Zurich, Vienna and Berlin; Il Trovatore and Lucia di Lammermoor in Marseille; Attila at the Opera in Rome, at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, and at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; Norma in Toulon; Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera in Buenos Aires; Simon Boccanegra in Avignon; Luisa Miller in Lausanne. 

Plans include:  I Due Foscari and Anna Bolena in Marseille; Madama Butterfly in Florence.

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 recently conducted La Favorite at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, La Traviata and Macbeth in Dresden, La Forza del Destino and a Wagnerian Gala in Liège, 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 and Les Pecheures de Perles at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Roberto Devereux in Florence, Simon Boccanegra in Dresden, Lucrezia Borgia at the Munich Opera Festival, lately La Cenerentola in Liège, La Straniera in Vienna, Il Turco in Italia in Munich, Don Giovanni in Monte Carlo.
Future plans: Lucrezia Borgia at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; Nabucco and I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Deutsche Oper in Berlin; La Bohème at the New National Theatre in Tokyo and in Rome (Terme in Caracalla); La Forza del Destino at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; La Rondine in Toulouse; Boris Godunov and I Due Foscari in Marseille; Don Carlo and Tosca in Dresden; Aida at the Chorégies d'Orange; Maria Stuarda in Vienna and series of concerts in Paris. In Liège M° Arrivabeni will conduct Ernani, Die Zauberflöte, La Bohème, Turandot  and other important productions.