Vincenzo la Scola

Sicilian-born Vincenzo La Scola is one of the best-known and most successful Italian tenors of the last fifteen years of the twentieth century. He has had great success in major opera houses and has gained unexpected fame in popular music releases. He entered the 1979 Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Italy. The world-famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti heard him sing and recommended him for studies with his own singing teacher from Modena, Arrigo Pola. In 1982, La Scola entered the Vico Verdiane (Verdi Voices) competition of Busseto where he won the Alessandro Ziliano Award. Th...