Helen Tintes

Voice Instructor

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). She was praised for her performance as the Zia Principessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica: “Tintes-Schuermann plays the princess as a cold authority figure unable to crack…it’s a dark role, but (she) plays it with a self-righteous relish, making for a memorable homecoming” (Inforum Press, USA).

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). 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.

Tintes is a recognized master voice teacher and 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 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. She currently serves as adjunct faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University (Ft. Myers, FL) and Florida International University (Miami, FL) and maintains residences in SW Florida and Vienna, Austria. Tintes was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant in 2023 to Spain and Greece, where she researched Sephardic Music and taught and performed American music at Ionian University (Corfu) and the Escuela Superior de Canto (Madrid).

I am active as a singer-actor in character roles in opera and musical theater. I continue to perform in concert and recital performances with the added goal of introducing new talent through my voice studio Vienna Voce. I look forward to continuing work in arts entrepreneurship through the ISMCenter, which offers workshops, masterclasses and coaching based on many years of experience in the field.