Graciela Araya (Chile)
Masterclasses and Voice
Chilean mezzo-soprano Graciela Araya began her career as a company member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and the Vienna State Opera. She is equally successful in Italian, French and German repertoire and has been internationally acclaimed as Carmen, Charlotte, Dalila, Santuzza, Amneris, Laura, Adalgisa, Kundry and Venus, as well as for her interpretations of Handel, Gluck and Monteverdi.
She has sung at the New York Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden London, Opéra Bastille Paris, the Teatro Regio Torino, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, La Monnaie Brussels, the Stuttgart State Opera, Teatro La Fenice Venice, Frankfurt Opera, and the opera houses of Santiago de Chile and Sao Paolo and has worked with outstanding conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Antonio Pappano, Gabriele Ferro and directors such as Pierre Audi, David McVicar, Herbert Wernicke and Cesare Lievi.