Over the past 20 years Aivale has graced many stages around the world with her lyric Soprano voice. Born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand Aivale is now based in London, United Kingdom.

From December 2024 to June 2025 Aivale toured Europe with orchestra singing cover songs from The Lord of the Rings and the Rings of Power and music from Hans Zimmer. In March 2025 Aivale sang a piece called 'Way of my dreaming heart' by the Kings Master of Music Errollyn Wallen especially composed for the BBC Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in the presence of HM King Charles III and the Royal Family. In September 2023 Aivale performed with an ensemble representing Samoa at the Commonwealth Youth Awards at St James Palace in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh. Go back a year in September 2022, Aivale was one of a very few who were chosen to represent New Zealand in Arts and Culture at the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, led by Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the New Zealand Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro. Aivale has sung in the presence of Royalty and was invited to meet King Charles on two occasions representing New Zealand and Samoa for Commonwealth Events. That same year Aivale was asked to sing the Samoan National Anthem for the Toa Samoa Team at the finals of the World Cup Rugby League Tournament at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, United Kingdom. In 2018, Aivale sang the World Premier of the Opera, “Daughters” (Music by David Chisolm and Libretti by Tammy Brennan) in Sydney, Australia and in Delhi, India in 2020 just before the Covid-19 Pandemic hit the globe. She also took part in the Documentary about the journey of the making of, “Daughters.” Aivale sang in the Samoan opera Classical Polynesia (Igelese Ete) at the International Festival of the Arts Wellington, New Zealand and sang the leading role of the Taupou (The Virgin Bride) in Ifoga (Igelese Ete) at the Christchurch Arts Festival.
She is heard with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra on the soundtrack of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings.

Cole graduated from the Australian Opera Studio with Honors and awarded the Dux Prize in 2005. She completed a bachelor’s in performance art degree at the national Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) in Christchurch, New Zealand, and also has a Diploma in Performance Art (Opera) at the University of Auckland. Aivale was fortunate to have some sessions with one of the best opera singers of all time, Mirella Freni in Modena, Italy.

Aivale’s performances on the concert platform include The Requiem (Verdi); The Four Last Songs (Richard Strauss); The world premiere of The Passion according to St Mark (Richard Mills).

On the operatic stage she has been seen in the title roles in Aida (Verdi), Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss) and Madame Butterfly (Puccini); Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare (Handel); Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia (Britten); Freia in Das Rheingold (Wagner); Wood bird in Siegfried (Wagner); Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart), Micaela in Carmen (Bizet), Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart)

Aivale is also a talented actress and has appeared in many straight acting roles such as Sas in the award-winning play Sons (Victor Rodgers); Andromache in Trojan Women (Euripides) and in her only short film The Bakers Brothers (Andrea Bosshard).

Aivale has produced her very own intimate concert series called, “Date night with Aivale Cole” in October 2023. She travelled back home to New Zealand to perform at the Auckland Festival in March 2024 and toured her intimate Concert, "To Aotearoa with Love" around New Zealand.

Aivale took a step back in 2012 to raise her children while living in London. Over a decade later she has resumed singing full-time, continuing to gain recognition from coaches, companies and press.

HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS

* Winner of the 2009 Lexus Song Quest – the most prestigious song quest
in the southern hemisphere and the 2006 Lockwood Aria Competition

* Finalist in the McDonald’s Aria Competition in Sydney

* Singing highlights was being selected to perform the title role in Aida for the West Australian Opera in Perth

*Recipient of the 2006 Iosefa Enari Award, Wellington, New Zealand.