Graciela Morales, soprano
Graciela Morales began her musical studies at the age of 15 under the guidance of Emily Israel in Cuernavaca, Morelos. She later pursued her professional training at the Escuela Superior de Música of INBA from 2011 to 2015, studying with Amelia Sierra.
From 2011 to 2015, she was a member of the Sociedad Internacional de Valores de Arte Mexicano of Plácido Domingo (SIVAM), and from 2017 to 2018 she was part of the Opera Studio of the Ópera de Bellas Artes.
She has won numerous awards, including First Prize and the INBA Prize at the 2016 International Singing Competition of Culiacán, Second Prize and the Audience Prize at the Carlo Morelli National Singing Competition, First Prize and the Mozart Prize at the Maritza Alemán Competition of the Escuela Superior de Música, as well as Third Prize and the Edgar Mason Prize for outstanding interpretation and style at the 2016 San Miguel Competition.
Graciela Morales has performed in major concert halls across Mexico under the baton of conductors such as Arthur Fagen, Srba Dinić, Martin Lebel, Enrique Patrón de Rueda and Lanfranco Marcelletti, among others.
She regularly appears in concert and recital with leading orchestras and ensembles in Mexico and across Latin America.
Her notable roles include Elle in La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thérèse in Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Francis Poulenc, Morgana in Alcina by George Frideric Handel, and Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten. Her repertoire also includes major vocal and symphonic works such as Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Les Noces by Igor Stravinsky, Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher by Arthur Honegger, the Gloria by Francis Poulenc, the Bachianas Brasileiras and Floresta do Amazonas by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Messiah by George Frideric Handel, Cantata No. 51 (Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51) by Johann Sebastian Bach, Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, the Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
In 2020, she made her international debut at the Mozartwoche in Salzburg under the direction of Rolando Villazón, followed by numerous performances with leading orchestras and ensembles in Belgium.
Graciela Morales has been supported by a scholarship from the Fonds Baillet Latour.
From 2021 to 2025, she was an Artist in residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth, where she worked under the guidance of José van Dam, Sophie Koch and Stéphane Degout.
Graciela Morales is now a Queen Elisabeth Associate Artist.
Last updated: 31 March 2026