The Lithuanian-born singer, Violeta Urmana, is now recognised as one of the leading sopranos in the Italian dramatic genre and has played such roles as Aida, Amelia, Elisabetta, Gioconda, Leonora,

Violeta Urmana: Following her debut in the part of Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre at the 2001 Bayreuth Festival, Violeta Urmana's real soprano debut took place in December 2002 in the title role

Violeta Urmana press reviews Opera Britannia, September 27 “ … But perhaps the greatest part of all, for me at least, was the sheer magnificence of Urmana’s singing, unbelievable in