Yaritza Veliz Makes Debut

Charles T. Downey, Chilean soprano has a mixed D.C. debut (Washington Post, June 5)

Yaritza Veliz won first prize at the Women in Music competition last year in Santiago, Chile, beating singers from all across that country. The young Chilean soprano made her Washington debut Wednesday, presented by the Embassy of Chile in the intimate auditorium at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

As revealed by four opera arias in the program’s second half, Veliz has a voice distinguished by a clean, pretty tone... [Continue reading]

Yaritza Veliz (soprano) and Justina Lee (piano)
National Museum of Women in the Arts