Famous Albanian Soprano - Inva Mula

Inva Mula is an opera soprano born 1963 in Tirana, Albania. Coming from an artistic family, she began her opera career at a very early age. Her father, Avni Mula, is a famous Albanian singer and composer, born in Gjakova, a city in Kosovo. In 1987 she won the Cantante d’Albania competition in Tirana and in 1988 the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest. In 1992 she won the Butterfly Competition in Barcelona. She received an award at Plácido Domingo’s first Operalia International Opera Competition contest in Paris, 1993. A CD of the event was released. She later performed in various concerts with the famous tenor at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, and in Brussels for Europalia Mexico, in Munich, and in Oslo. In 1996 she performed Luigi Cherubini’s opera Médée (which was taped for TV) at Compiègne in France. She then returned for Georges Bizet’s opera La Jolie fille de Perth (released CD, filmed for TV, and released DVD in Japan) in 1998. After this she r