Francisco Araiza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Francisco Araiza

opera singer

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1950

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Profession: singer, university teacher, opera singer

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Libra

José Francisco Araiza Andrade (born 4 October 1950), is a Mexican operatic tenor and lied singer who has sung as soloist in leading concert halls and in leading tenor operatic roles in the major opera houses of Europe and North America during the course of a lengthy career.
Born in Mexico City, he studied singing at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México and later in Germany, with Mozartian tenor Richard Holm, and lieder interpretation with Erik Werba.
He made his operatic debut in 1970 in Mexico City as First Prisoner in Beethoven's Fidelio.
Araiza initially came to international prominence singing in Mozart and Rossini operas, but in the 1980s broadened his repertoire to include Italian and French lyric tenor roles and Wagnerian roles such as Lohengrin and Walther von Stolzing.
He was made a Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera in 1988.
Now retired from the opera stage, he teaches singing and serves on the juries of several international singing competitions.