Born in Mexico City, where he debuted in 1970. Winner of the ARD competition in Munich (Germany) in 1974, which earned him the predicates of Mozartian singer and legitimate heir of Fritz Wunderlich. Permanent member of the Zurich Opera 1977/2013. He has performed at the state operas of Munich, Vienna, La Scala in Milan, Covent Garden, Paris and the Metropolitan Opera of New York, etc., as well as major international festivals such as Bayreuth, Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence, Edinburgh, etc. He has had the privilege of working with the greatest conductors such as Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Colin Davis, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Christian Thielemann and Daniel Barenboim.
Thanks to his versatility as an opera singer (from Mozart and Rossini to Massenet and Wagner), concert and Lied performer, and to his countless recordings, he received the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, the Orphee d’Or, the award for Best Musical Event 1988 in Tokyo, the Mario del Mónaco Otello d’Oro award, the Golden Mercure (Munich) and the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico.
He was awarded the titles of Kammersänger by the Vienna Opera, Professor of Singing by the Stuttgart University of Music, Germany, and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Michoacana San Nicolás de Hidalgo University. Since the 2020-2021 academic year, he has been a professor of the Voice Chair “Alfredo Kraus” Fundación Ramón Areces at the Reina Sofía School of Music.
Maestro Araiza has the collaboration of his Personal Assistant, Marija Vidovic.