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Code	DS/UK/14499
Name	Andrade; Francisco (4 October 1950); Mexican operatic tenor
Variations of Name	José Francisco Araiza Andrade
Dates	4 October 1950
Gender	Male (cisgender)
Place of Birth/Origin	Mexico City, Mexico (born)
Relationships	Son of José Araiza Andrade (tenor, organist and chorus master for Compania Nacional de Opera de Bellas Artes) and Guadalupe Andrade Spouse of Ethery Inasaridse (music historian and stage director) Former spouse of Vivian Jaffray (mezzo-soprano)
Biography	José Francisco Araiza Andrade 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. 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.

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