Background
Her father (Avni Mula) and mother (Nina Mula) were also opera singers. Mula was born in Tirana, Albania to an Albanian father from Gjakove and a Russian mother.
Her father (Avni Mula) and mother (Nina Mula) were also opera singers. Mula was born in Tirana, Albania to an Albanian father from Gjakove and a Russian mother.
She began her soprano career at a very early age. She is also widely known in popular culture for portraying the voice of the Diva Plavalaguna in the film The Fifth Element. A Civil Defense 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 television) at Compiègne in France. She then returned for Georges Bizet"s opera Louisiana Jolie fille de Perth (released Civil Defense, filmed for television, and released Digital Video Disc in Japan) in 1998.
After this she recorded Puccini"s Louisiana Rondine with Angela Gheorghiu for Electric and Music Industries and for 2005"s stage production she took Gheorghiu"s place in the leading role of Magda during performances in Toulouse and Paris. Later on, she performed Bizet"s Ivan IV concert version, which had its recital debut at Salle Pleyel in Paris, and a live recording was released as Civil Defense. In 2001, she was busy in Italy, performing Verdi"s Falstaff at the Teatro alla Scala and Rigoletto at the Verona Arena, both of which were taped for television then released on Digital Video Disc. Mula has sung in Lucia di Lammermoor, Louisiana bohème, and Manon, among others
She is also a renowned Violetta in Louisiana Traviata, and has sung the role in many cities around the world, including Tokyo, Bilbao, Orange, Trieste, and Toronto.
In 2007, she performed Adina in L"elisir d"amore at Toulouse, and in 2009 she sang the title role in Gounod"s Mireille with the Paris Opera at the Palais Garnier, a performance that was issued on Digital Video Disc. She is often accompanied by the French-Albanian pianist Genc Tukiçi. Her ex-husband Pirro Çako is a well-known singer and composer from Albania, so she used the spelling Tchako rather than Çako. However, after mid-1990 she began using the name Inva Mula, and never returned to the old one.
They are now divorced.
Her current husband is Hetem Ramadani, a businessman from Kosovo.