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Inva Mula
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| Born | 27 June 1963 |
| Other names | Inva Mula Tchako |
| Occupation | Operatic lyric soprano |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Parent(s) | Avni Mula, Nina Mula |
Inva Mula (born June 27, 1963) is a famous opera singer from Albania. She is known for her beautiful, high voice, which is called a lyric soprano. Both her father, Avni Mula, and her mother, Nina Mula, were also opera singers. Many people also know her voice from the movie The Fifth Element, where she sang for the character Diva Plavalaguna.
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Inva Mula's Early Life and Career
Inva Mula was born in Tirana, Albania. Her father was from Gjakova and her mother was from Izhevsk, Russia. She started her singing career at a young age.
Winning Singing Competitions
Inva Mula won several important singing competitions:
- In 1987, she won the Cantante d'Albania competition in Tirana.
- In 1988, she won the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest.
- In 1992, she won the Butterfly competition in Barcelona.
- In 1993, she received an award at Plácido Domingo's first Operalia International Opera Competition in Paris. This is a very big competition for opera singers.
Performing in Famous Operas
After winning these awards, Inva Mula performed in many concerts. She sang in Paris, Brussels, Munich, and Oslo.
She performed in the opera Médée by Luigi Cherubini. This performance was recorded for TV. She also sang in Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth. This was released on CD and DVD.
Inva Mula recorded Puccini's opera La rondine. Later, she took on the main role of Magda in stage performances of this opera. She also sang in Bizet's Ivan IV. A live recording of this performance was released on CD.
In 2001, she was very busy in Italy. She performed in Verdi's Falstaff at the Teatro alla Scala. She also sang in Rigoletto at the Verona Arena. Both of these performances were recorded for TV and released on DVD.
Notable Opera Roles
Inva Mula has sung in many famous operas. Some of her roles include:
She is also very well-known for her role as Violetta in La traviata. She has performed this role in many cities around the world, like Tokyo, Bilbao, and Toronto.
In 2007, she performed as Adina in L'elisir d'amore. In 2009, she sang the main role in Gounod's Mireille with the Paris Opera. This performance was released on DVD. Also in 2009, she released an album called Il Bel Sogno. This album is a collection of opera songs called arias.
Inva Mula often performs with the French-Albanian pianist Genc Tukiçi.
Family Life
Inva Mula's ex-husband, Pirro Çako, is a well-known singer and composer from Albania. She used to use his last name, spelled as Tchako. However, since the mid-1990s, she has used her birth name, Inva Mula. Her current husband is Hetem Ramadani, who is a businessman from Kosovo.
Inva Mula in Film
Many people in Western countries know Inva Mula's voice from the 1997 movie The Fifth Element. She provided the singing voice for the character Diva Plavalaguna. The actress Maïwenn Le Besco played the Diva on screen. In the movie, Inva Mula sang a famous opera song called "Il dolce suono" from Lucia di Lammermoor. She also sang a special piece called "The Diva Dance".
The movie's director, Luc Besson, loved the famous opera singer Maria Callas. However, the sound quality of Callas's old recordings was not clear enough for the movie. So, Callas's agent introduced Luc Besson to Inva Mula. This is how Inva Mula's voice ended up in the film.
See also
In Spanish: Inva Mula para niños
- Lists of Albanians
