Tina Drole
Mezzo-soprano
Slovenian Mezzo-soprano Tina Drole performed this year as Ursuline at the Bavarian State Opera in the New Production of Die Teufel von Loudun (Krzysztof Penderecki) under the batton of Vladimir Yurowksi and as Mercédès in Carmen (G. Bizet) at the Open Air Festival Oper Burg Gars.
Besides opera she found her passion for Lied and concert singing. In the past season she regularly appeared as a recital and concert singer, among others at the Music Festival ‘Höri Musiktage’, with Symphony Orchestra Münster and Orchestra Cantabile Slovenia.
Tina Drole is a prize winner of many national and international voice competitions. She was a finalist of Brahms Competition 2021 and was awarded special prize for the best interpretation of a modern compulsory piece. 2019 she won the 3rd Prize in the discipline Lied at the 5th International Music Competition Triomphe de l’Art in Belgium.
Since October 2021 she is studying Lied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, under the guidance of Prof. Christian Gerhaher and Prof. Gerold Huber. She graduated her Bachelor of Arts in voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and her Master of Arts at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
She participated in several masterclasses of Brigitte Fassbaender, Helmut Deutsch, Margreet Honig and Edith Wiens. Furthermore she was loureat of the Udo Reinemann International Masterclasses 2019/20 and was allowed to study and work with renovated singers and pianists such as Christine Schäfer, Christianne Stotijn, Urszula Kryger, Malcolm Martineu, David Kuyken and Thomas Oliemans.
Language skills
German, English, French, Italian, Slovenian
MASTER OF ARTS – Master Lied – Prof. Christian Gerhaher & Gerold Huber
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München | Since Oktober 2021
MASTER OF ARTS – Master Voice
Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel | 2018 – 2020
BACHELOR OF ARTS – Bachelor Voice
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien | 2013 – 2018
MUSIC STUDIES – The Conservatory of Music and Ballet Ljubljana
Principal subjects: piano, music theory and singing | 2009 – 2013
Ursuline – Die Teufel von Loudun, K. Penderecki | 2022
Bayerische Staatsoper | Conductor: Vladimir Yurowksi, Production: Simon Stone
Mercedes – Carmen, G. Bizet | 2022
New production Oper Burg Gars | Conductor: Johannes Wildner, Production: Dominik Wilgenbus
Cherubino – Le Nozze di Figaro, W.A. Mozart | 2020
Production of Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
Alt Soloist – Mass D-Major Op. 86, A. Dvorak | 2019
Conductor: David De Geest
Alt Soloist – 9. Symphony Op.125, L.V. Beethoven | 2018 Sinfonieorchester Münster, Conductor: Joachim Harder
Dritte Dame – Zauberflöte, W.A. Mozart | 2017
New production Oper Burg Gars | Conductor: Johannes Wildner, Production: Kurt Josef Schildknecht
Die Hexe – Der Trommler | 2017
Premiere from Taschenoper Wien | Music: Martin Brandlmayr, Production: Jevgenij Sitochin
Sesto and Annio – La clemenza di Tito, W.A. Mozart | 2016
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Finalist and Award for the best interpretation of a modern compulsory piece | 2021
Brahms-Competition, Pörtschach
Third prize in the discipline Lied | 2020
5. International Music Competition Triomphe de l’Art, Belgium
1st Place and Kobe Mayor Award | 2016
The 17th Osaka International Music Competition, Japan
Finalist | 2016
International Singing Competition “Ferruccio Tagliavini”, Deutschlandsberg, Austria
Udo Reinemann International Masterclasses 2019/20:
Joseph Breinl
Urszula Kryger
David Kuyken
Malcolm Martineu
Thomas Oliemans
Christine Schäfer
Christianne Stotijn
Other Masterclasses:
Helmut Deutsch
Brigitte Fassbaender
Margreet Honig
Julian Prégardien
Edith Wiens
Optional subject in voice | 2019
Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Belgium
Repertoire
G. Bizet
- Carmen | Mercedes
- W. A. Mozart – La clemenza di Tito | Annio and Sesto
G. F. Handel
- Giuglio Cesare | Tolomeo
W. A. Mozart
- La clemenza di Tito | Annio und Sesto
- Le nozze di Figaro | Cherubino
- Cosi fan tutte | Dorabella (studied)
- Die Zauberflöte | Zweite Dame and Dritte Dame
Frank Martin
- Frank Martin – Jedermann Monologe, scenic
J. Offenbach
- Hoffmanns Erzählungen | Nicklausse (studied)
G. Puccini
- G. Puccini – Gianni Schicchi | La Ciesca
C. M. Weber
Der Freischütz | Brautjungfer
S. Barber
- Op. 10
Johannes Brahms
- Op. 32
- Op. 91
- Op. 105
Claude Debussy
- 3 Chansons de Bilitis
Henri Duparc:
- 13 Mélodies
Antonín Leopold Dvořák
- Sieben Zigeunerlieder Op. 55
Franz Schubert
- Op. 23
Robert Schumann
- Op. 40
- Frauen Liebe und Leben/Acht Lieder Op. 42
- Fünf Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op. 135
R. Strauss
- Op. 10
Selection of songs
S. Barber, A. Berg, J. Brahms, H. Berlioz, E. Chausson, G. Fauré, R. Hahn, J. Hatze, F. Liszt, A. Mahler, G. Mahler, O. Messiaen, F. Schubert, C. Schumann, R. Schumann, S. Rachmaninov, M. Ravel, R. Schollum, R. Simoniti, K. Szymanowksi, L. M. Škerjanc, P. I. Tchaikovskz, H. Wolf
ORATORIO/MASS
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Matthäuspassion, BWV 244
- Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
Ludwig van Beethoven
- 9.Sinfonie, Op. 125
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’
CHAMBER MUSIC
L. Berio
- 12 Volkslieder für Mezzosopran und sieben Instrumente
J. Brahms
- Op.61 (Duette für Zwei Singstimmen und Klavier)
- Op.66 (Duette für Zwei Singstimmen und Klavier)
M. Ravel
- 3 Chansons madécasses
