Raphael Wong

A versatile classical-crossover artist, Raphael made his professional debut in Opera Australia’s 2012 Melbourne season and, since then, has performed across Australia, and internationally.

He is a two-time finalist in the prestigious Herald Sun Aria Competition, a runner-up in the National Liederfest Competition, and a Green Room Award nominee for his role as the Musiklehrer in CitiOpera’s Ariadne auf Naxos, and as Diavolo in Victorian Opera’s Galileo.

In 2018, Raphael took part in Rotary International’s Next Generation Services Exchange, where he was a featured soloist in the Monteverdi Vespers at the Bayreuth Young Artist Festival in Germany.

Raphael was a Top 6 Finalist in the Inaugural Artists of Colour (AOC) Initiative Music Theatre Competition in 2020.

Credits include: Nick in Santa Claus: The Musical (Teatro); Eddie Souther in Sister Act: The Musical (Xroads Live/GFO), Passarino/Phantom Understudy in The Phantom of the Opera (HOSH/Opera Australia), Joseph Buquet/Phantom Understudy in The Phantom of the Opera (Opera Australia/Cameron Mackintosh), Papageno in The Magic Flute (Manhattan Opera Studio, USA), Tiridate in Radamisto (Manhattan Opera Studio, USA), Cinderella’s Father in Midnight (Aspect Entertainment), The King in The Sleeping Beauty (Victorian Opera), Rapunzel’s Prince/ Lucinda in Into the Woods (Watch This).

Raphael is regularly engaged as a National Anthem singer, having performed at official events with Government of Victoria and most notably, sang the Australian National Anthem at the 2022 Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

Raphael is also a passionate and qualified educator, having taught and conducted with the Australian Boys Choir and Melbourne Singers of Gospel, and has taught at schools across Victoria and New South Wales as a general classroom educator, vocal and instrumental specialist and music director. He co-produced a number of musicals with OXAGEN Productions and music directed Little Women: The Musical, and Songs for a New World.