Aule Urb

(mezzo-soprano)

EDUCATION AND WORKAule Urb began her singing studies in 2010 in the singing class of Jaakko Ryhänen and obtained her Master’s Degree with Eva Wilson-Märtson in 2017. Within the programme PLMF, she studied at the Accademia del Belcanto “Rodolfo Celletti” (2012). She also studied within the Erasmus programme at the Sibelius Academy in 2014–2015. In 2015–2023, she was a member of the Estonian National Opera Chorus. Since autumn of 2023, Aule Urb is a soloist of the Estonian National Opera.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Aule has participated in the Klaudia Taev singing competition (semi-finalist), in the national vocalists’ competition dedicated to Vello Jürna (3rd place) and the Mart Saar competition (2nd place). 

REPERTOIRE
Gertrude (Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliet”)
Maria (Puur’s “The Colours of Clouds”)
Dunyasha (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tsar’s Bride”)
First Witch (Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas”)
Fidalma (Cimarosa’s “Il matrimonio segreto”)
Madam Rosa (Donizetti’s “Il campanello”)
Otra Frida (Aho’s “Frida and Diego”, world premiere at the Opera Studio of Sibelius Academy)
Modestina (Rossini’s “Viaggio a Reims”)
Lehrbube (Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Finnish National Opera)
Countess (Puccini’s “Sour Agelica”)
Suzuki (Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”)
Annina (Verdi’s “La traviata”)
Fox (Ehala’s “Buratino”)
Olga (Lehár’s “The Merry Widow”)
Mother’s Shadow/Chinese Cup’s Shadow/Dragonfly’s Shadow (Ravel’s “L’enfant et les sortileges”)
Muff (Kaumann/Keller’s “The Three Jolly Fellows”)
Juno (Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld”)
Geneviève (Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande”)