From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Viola Valentino (born July 1, 1952 as Virginia Minnetti) is an Italiansinger. Virginia Minnetti was born in 1952. She started her career as a singer in 1968 under the name Virginia and later began to sing with her then husband in a duet named Renzo & Virginia. Some time later Virginia was noticed by Giancarlo Lucariello, a producer of the Italian rock band Pooh. It was he who created an image of a sexy but delicate woman for her as well as her mann ...