Deshamanya Matharage Rita Genevieve Fernando, better known by her stage name Latha Walpola (Sinhala: ??? ??????), is a prominent Sri Lankan vocal artist.
It was as a member of a church choir that Walpola began a career that led to her becoming one of Sri Lanka's premier singers of her day.
Today her fans often refer to her as "The Nightingale of Sri Lanka"