Son of Spanish-Slovenian parents, Ruben Drole was born in 1980 in Switzerland. Already during his studies at Musikhochschule Zürich with Jane Thorner Mengedoht, he was prize winner of several singing competitions. Before he graduated with distinction, he was admitted to the International Opera Studio Zürich, and since season 2005/06 he has been engaged as a soloist at Zürich Opera House to perform immediately major roles such as Lucio Cinna (J.C. Bach’s Lucio Silla), Haly (L’Italiana in Algeri), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte).