Draft:Ante Sladoljev-Jolic

Ante (Toni) Sladoljev-Jolic (October 20th 1910 in Vodice, Croatia - December 5th 1996 in Komiza, island of Vis, Croatia) was ex-Yugoslavian opera singer, tenor.

Sladoljev-Jolic graduated from Philosophical University in Zagreb, Croatia in Art History.

He studied singing with professor Zupevc in Lubljana, Slovenia.

He started his opera career in Slovenian National Opera in Ljubljana in 1937.

His signature roles were: Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, Alfredo in Traviata, Faust, Lenski in Eugene Onegin,Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca, and Don Pasquale.

He sang operettas as well: Land of Smiles by Franz Leher,and with with primadonna Ruza Cvjeticanin, Little Floramye by Ivo Tijardovic.

Sladoljev-Jolic was a principal tenor of Croatian National Theater in Zagreb from 1943 to 1945.

He joined National Theater in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina  in 1953 and 1960, respectively.

After retiring from singing, Sladoljev-Jolic worked as high-school teacher in Croatia.