What they are saying around the country and in Rome, Italy!:
"Chanteuse Setrakian is dazzling!"
LA TIMES
"A glorious voice ... great acting! Sheer physical stamina! Brilliant!"
Cabaret Scenes, NYC, Les Traub
"A gorgeous voice..haunting perception. Affirms both life and love!"
NY Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Edgar Award Winner, Rupert Holmes
Mary Setrakian was born and raised in San Francisco. She has been a resident of New York City for the past 20 years performing professionally, in conjunction with teaching master voice to a variety of artists in New York, Los Angeles and internationally throughout Italy.
She has been seen on Broadway in Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing (cast recording), and toured the US and Europe with shows including Phantom of the Opera (Madame Giry), Les Miserables, Hello, Dolly! (seen in several performances as Irene Molloy across from Carol Channing) and Evita (as Eva Peron in Duisberg, Germany). Mary was featured at Carnegie Hall in Jubilee directed by Herbert Ross.
Presently, Mary is performing her one-woman "Salons" around the country and in Italy. The evening of Song and Camaraderie embraces many musical styles including Broadway, Pop and Opera, and she includes stories and songs from her Armenian heritage. Mary is also singing with orchestras internationally. In her most recent concerts Mary returned to her alma mater, Stanford University, to sing an evening with the SSO. She made her solo concert debut in Milan, Italy to rave reviews with the Big Band, the Avant Orchestra at the Teatro Delle Erbe.
As a voice teacher, Mary prepared Nicole Kidman for her Golden Globe Award winning and Oscar nominated performance in her first musical, Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge. She taught the stars of John Turturro's musical movie Romance & Cigarettes to sing, including Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini and Bobby Cannavale. Mary is called upon by Disney to teach the stars for the Broadway and touring companies of Elton John's Aida and The Lion King, Phil Collins' Tarzan, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams. Mary is the voice teacher to The Little Mermaid star, Sierra Boggess, and recently prepared Aida Turturro for her Broadway singing debut in Chicago.
Mary is presently giving Vocal Workshops in NYC, LA and throughout Italy. She been teaching and performing in Rome and Milan since 2005 with Italian Manager, Domenico Stante. She recently taught the finalists of Italy's version of American Idol: X-FACTOR. She gave coachings to Iliara, Annalisa, Emanuele, the ARAM QUARTET and SEI OTTAVI.
Other students include Juliette Binoche, Milla Jovovich, Serena Autieri, Gala, Annabella Sciorra, Marianne Aulie, Mandy Moore, Keri Russell, Tate Donovan, Josh Strickland, Simone, Patrick Cassidy, Charles Osgood, Kelli Fournier, Elizabeth Hendrickson as well as actors and singers who are just starting out.
Mary is a graduate of Stanford University and holds a Masters in Voice Performance from the New England Conservatory with Distinction. She studied at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Phyllis Curtain and was a voice student of Joan Heller.
Mary is proud to teach a voice class at the acting studio of Susan Batson and Carl Ford, BLACK NEXXUS in New York City and in Los Angeles (www.BlackNexxus.Inc). She has studied acting with her mentor, Susan Batson, for 20 years. "Thank you Luca Francesconi for your genius."
Find her album, ALL I KNOW, on her website www.MARYSETRAKIAN.com or at CDBABY.com.
