Helen Tintes-Schuermann

Helen Tintes is a versatile singer-actress who performs in opera, operetta and musical theater in roles including Carmen, Suzuki (Madame Butterfly), Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), the Witch (Hansel and Gretel) and Mme. Giry (The Phantom of the Opera). Tintes has performed with many European and USA companies, including the Gran Teatro del Liceu (Barcelona), Staatstheater Kassel (Deutschland), Theater an der Wien/Raimund Theater (Vienna), Chicago Opera Theatre, Light Opera Works (Chicago), F-M Opera (Minnesota), St. Petersburg Opera (FL), Gulfshore Opera (Fl) and Opera Naples (FL). She has also sung at numerous European festivals, including the Monte Carlo Festival, Ascona Festival, Bodensee Festival and Fest in Hellbrunn/Salzburg. An international operatic highlight was performing with Gwyneth Jones in Strauss’ Elektra at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain. As a concert artist, Tintes has appeared as soloist with orchestras, fine arts series and universities throughout the USA and is a frequent recitalist in German Lied and Spanish/Latin American song. Recent engagements include performances with Gulfshore Opera in Verdi’s Rigoletto (Giovanna) and La Traviata (Annina), as well as Handel’s Messiah with the Ft. Myers Mastersingers (FL), concerts with the SW Florida Symphonic Chorale (“Sing-Out”and “Mass Appeal”) and her debut with Opera Naples as Mme. Dilly in Bernstein’s On the Town. She appeared most recently in concert with F-M Opera (MN) this past spring. Tintes is also a recognized master voice teacher, who has taught at important conservatories and universities, including the Music and Arts Private University of Vienna (MUK), Northwestern University, the University of South Carolina (Columbia) and was Chair of the Music Department at Ave Maria University. Through the prestigious Erasmus (European Union) program, she has performed and given masterclasses throughout Europe (Austria, Spain, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, Greece) and has also performed and taught in China. Tintes was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant for 2023 to Spain and Greece, where she researched Sephardic Music as well as taught and performed American music at conservatories in both countries. She recently taugt as adjunct voice faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University (Ft. Myers, FL). and Florida International University (Miami, FL) and served as Interim Music Director at Episcopal churches in Naples, Fl. Tintes maintains a residence in Vienna, Austria, where she promotes concerts through the ISMCenter and hosts an annual Opera Workshops at the Ehrbarsaal in Vienna. This past summer she co-directed a new Spanish Vocal Music Course at the Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid, Spain and taught at the Vienna Summer Music Festival in Vienna, Austria