Biography & Repertoir

Tina Drole

Mezzo-soprano

Slovenian Mezzo-soprano Tina Drole was born in 1994 in Ljubljana. At an early age she started taking piano and organ lessons. By 2010 her interest in music led her to study piano and later music theory at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. In January 2018, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, under the guidance of Professor Karlheinz Hanser. She continued her Master studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, under the guidance of Professor Valerie Guillorit and graduated with Master of Arts in June 2020. She participated in several masterclasses of Brigitte Fassbaender, Helmut Deutsch and Margreet Honig.

Tina Drole is a prize winner of many national and international voice competitions. In 2019 she won the 3rd Prize in the discipline Lied duo with the pianist Virgile Van Essche at the 5th International Music Competition Triomphe de l’Art in Belgium.

In the past season she regularly appeared as a recital and concert singer. She was recently selected for the Udo Reinemann International Masterclasses 2019/20, to study with renovated singers and pianists such as Christine Schäfer, Urszula Kryger, Malcolm Martineu, David Kuykenin, Barbara Bonney, Joseph Middleton and Thomas Oliemans (incollaboration with the opera house La Monnaie in Brussels).

Among her first debuts are: Third lady – Magic flute, Sesto and Annio – La clemenza di Tito (W. A. Mozart), La Ciesca – Gianni Schicchi (G. Puccini), Tolomeo – Giuglio Cesare (G. F. Handel), Brautjungfer – Der Freischütz (C. M. Weber).

Musical beginnings

09/2001-06/2009

Piano, organ and accordion lessons – Music school Cerkno

2000-2012

Singing in a choir:

Member of the choir – Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana (2009-2012)

Beginning of kindergarten and primary school choir singing in Cerkno (2000-2009)

Education

09/2018-06/2020	Master studies in voice – Royal Conservatory of Brussels
10/2013-01/2018	Graduation with a Bachelor of Arts in voice – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW)
09/2009-06/2013	Music studies – Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana in the following principal subjects: piano, music theory from 2010 and singing from 2012

Performances

03/2019	Alt soloist – Mass D-Major Op.86, A. Dvorak, Conductor: David De Geest
10/2018	Alt soloist – 9th Symphony Op.125, L.v. Beethoven – Philharmonic Orchestra Münster, Conductor: Joachim Harder
07/2017	Third lady – Magic flute, W. A. Mozart, Conductor: Johannes Wildner, Direction: Kurt Josef Schildknecht – New production Open Air Festival Gars am Kamp
02/2017	The witch – Der Trommler, Music: Martin Brandlmayr, Direction: Jevgenij Sitochin – Premiere from Taschenoper Wien
12/2016	Concert soloist in Cankarjev dom (Cankar Hall) – Symphony Orchestra Cantabile, Conductor: Marjan Grdadolnik
05/2016	Sesto and Annio – La clemenza di Tito, W. A. Mozart – MDW
06/2015	Tolomeo – Giuglio Cesare, G. F. Handel – MDW
03/2015	La Ciesca – Gianni Schicchi, G. Puccini – Schlosstheater Schönbrunn Soloist – Jedermann Monologe, Frank Martin – Schlosstheater Schönbrunn
11/2014	Brautjungfer – Der Freischütz, C. M. Weber – MDW
12/2009	Concert soloist in the Slovenian Philharmonic – Mandolina Ljubljana Orchestra, Conductor: Andrej Zupan
12/2004	First singing performance in the Slovenian Philharmonic – Mandolina Ljubljana Orchestra, Conductor: Andrej Zupan

Competitions

11/2019	Third prize in the discipline Lied duo with the pianist Virgile Van Essche – 5. International Music Competition Triomphe de l’Art, Belgium
10/2016	1st Place and Kobe Mayor Award – The 17th Osaka International Music Competition, Japan
04/2016	Finalist – International Singing Competition “Ferruccio Tagliavini”, Deutschlandsberg, Austria
03/2016	Silver Plaque and special prize for the best interpretation of Slovenian song – Grand Final, National Singing Competition “TEMSIG”, Slovenia
02/2016	1st Place, (perfect score of 100 points and a special prize for the best interpretation of Slovenian song) – 1st round, National Singing Competition “TEMSIG”, Slovenia
03/2014	Finalist – International Music Competition “Juventus Canti“, Slovakia
03/2013	2nd Place and The Golden Plaque – Grand Final, National Singing Competition “TEMSIG“, Slovenia
12/2012	1st Place – International Singing Competition “Lazar Jovanovic”, Belgrade
03/2012	1st Place – International Singing Competition, Arandelovac, Serbia

Masterclasses

09/2019-05/2020	Udo Reinemann International Masterclasses 2019/20 with renovated singers and pianists such as Christine Schäfer, Urszula Kryger, Malcolm Martineu, David Kuykenin, Barbara Bonney, Joseph Middleton and Thomas Oliemans (in collaboration with the opera house La Monnaie in Brussels).
09/2017	Masterclass with Prof. Margreet Honig, KulturGut Holzhausen
03/2017	Masterclass with Prof. Margreet Honig, Bayerischen Musikakademie Hammelburg
09/2016	Masterclass with KS.in Brigitte Fassbaender, Achenkirch
08/2016	Masterclass with Helmut Deutsch, Isa Opera Vienna
07/2016	Masterclass with KS.in Brigitte Fassbaender, Eppan

Teaching Experience

02-06/2019

Optional subject: voice, Royal Conservatory of Brussels

Repertoire

Opera

Mercedes, Carmen, G. Bizet
Tolomeo, Giuglio Cesare, G.F. Handel
Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro, W.A. Mozart
Annio, La clemenza di Tito, W.A. Mozart
Sesto, La clemenza di Tito, W.A. Mozart
Dritte Dame, Die Zauberflöte, W.A. Mozart
Zweite Dame, Die Zauberflöte, W.A. Mozart
Jedermann Monologe, Frank Martin
La Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi, G. Puccini
Brautjungfer, Der Freischütz, C.M. von Weber

Song

Luciano Berio

Folk songs for Mezzo-soprano and seven instruments

Johannes Brahms

Liebestreu Op.3 Nr.1
Sehnsucht Op.14
Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen Op.32
Ich schleich umher betrübt Op.32
Von ewiger Liebe Op.43
Ach, wende diesen Blick Op.57
Vier Duette Op.61
Fünf Duette Op.66
Meine Liebe ist grün Op.63
Geheimnis Op.71 Nr.3
Zwei Gesänge Op.91
Acht Zigeuner Lieder Op.103

Claude Debussy

3 Chansons de Bilitis

Henri Duparc:

Chanson triste
L’invitation au voyage
La vie anterieure

Antonín Leopold Dvořák

Sieben Zigeunerlieder Op.55

Reynaldo Hahn

Nocturne

Josip Hatze

Suzi

Franz Liszt

Die Loreley, S.273
Mignons Lied (Kennst du das Land), S.275

Maurice Ravel

Chansons madécasses

Franz Schubert

Schäfers Klagelied D121
Nähe des Geliebten D162
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360
Seligkeit D433
Der Tod und das Mädchen D531
Frühlingsglaube D686
Der Zwerg D771
An Silvia D891

Robert Schumann

Frauen Liebe und Leben/Acht Lieder Op.42
Fünf Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op. 135

Rado Simoniti

Ples v rdečem

Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski

My Genius, My Angel, My Friend
Why Op.6
None but the lonely heart

Richard Wagner

Wesendonck Lieder Op.91

Hugo Wolf

Er ist’s
Heimweh
Selbstgeständnis
Mausfallen – Sprüchlein
Heimweh
Gesang Weylas
Verborgenheit
Gebet

Lucijan Marija Škerjanc

Pisma
Kje so tiste stezice

Oratorio/Concert

Johann Sebastian Bach

Matthäuspassion, BWV 244
Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248

Ludwig van Beethoven

9. Sinfonie

Antonin Dvorak

Messe D-Dur Op.86

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Stabat Mater, P.77

Carl Maria von Weber

Messe Nr.2 G-Dur Op. 76 „Jubelmesse“

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The Slovenian mezzo-soprano Tina Drole works as an opera and concert singer. Her dedication to classical music and alternative projects distinguishes her.