Virginia Tola began her vocal studies at the Argentine National University of Litoral at the Institute of Advance Musical Studies. She continued her studies in the areas of singing technique, repertoire, and German lied and French song interpretation in Buenos Aires as a scholarship recipient from both the Cologne Opera House Foundation and the Chamber Music Foundation. Ms. Tola won first price in the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo, Norway in 1999, and  was one of the  winners in Los Angeles, California, of Operalia 2000,  Placido Domingo's international opera competition for singers between the ages of 19 and 30. Ms. Tola  got a special People's  Choice award from the audience and listeners to the radio broadcast of this competition finals,  as well as first place in the Zarzuela competition and the Lloyd Rigler prize.
In the Los Angeles Opera 2001-2002 season, she performed in  Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow,  in the role of Valencienne,  and  later in   A night of Zarzuela & Operetta with Placido Domigo and Friends.  In 2002,  she will also be seen in the role of Micaela in Carmen with the Washington Opera and will make her debut at the Bregenz Festival as Mimi in La Boheme.