There he was immediately entrusted with larger roles, such as Lucio Cinna in Johann Christian Bach's Lucio Silla, Simone in Mozart's La finta semplice, Haly in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri and Papageno in Nikolaus Harnoncourt's Magic Flute production by Martin Kušej, which was also released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon.
In the three Lorenzo Da Ponte operas staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf [de] and conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, Drole took on Guglielmo, Figaro and Leporello.
He also sang the title role in Giovanni Paisiello's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Argante in Handel's Rinaldo under the conduct of William Christie and also the Worm in Verdi's Luisa Miller.
Shortly afterwards, he made his debut as Kecal in Bedřich Smetana's The Bartered Bride at the Styriarte in Graz, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
In 2013, he sang the role of the Duke of La Trémouille in a Concert performance by Walter Braunfels Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna in Salzburg.