voice
Professor (Adjunct) of Voice. Professor Chookasian, contralto, made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1962. In this country, she has appeared with the Chicago Lyric, New York City, and San Francisco opera companies, among others. Abroad, she has performed in Bayreuth, Salzburg, Hamburg, Florence, Buenos Aires, Montreal, and Barcelona.
She has sung with all of the major symphony orchestras in the United States, as well as with the Berlin Philharmonic, under the world’s most distinguished conductors. Professor Chookasian has recorded for CBS Masterworks, RCA, Columbia, Decca, MGM, and Deutsche Grammophon.
In March 1985 she was selected by the American Vocal Academy to be in the newly initiated Hall of Fame of American Opera Singers. She taught voice at Northwestern University School of Music and in 1985 joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where she was awarded the Sanford Medal in 2002.