STAGE & NEWS

Raphaële is a laureate of the MM Academy of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. She was also a member of the Young Soloists Ensemble of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen during the 2019-2020 season.

After a rich and rewarding tour with the KVS and its show Hannibal, Raphaële returns to the opera stage for the 2025-2026 season. First, she will appear on stage at La Monnaie in the opera ALI, the true story of a 12-year-old boy’s journey as a migrant and the horrors he endured. For the new year, she will sing at Classique à l’Abbaye de Dieleghem, with Morgane Heyse and Denzil Delaere. After that, she will be in concert at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse with Africa Lyric Opera at the end of January. Raphaële will then return to the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg for a revival of Der Kaiser von Atlantis. This production will then move on to the Grand Théâtre de Genève in Switzerland. At the end of the season, Raphaële will be in Bruges with the B’Rock Orchestra for A Last Supper.

With her natural talent and innate gift for the stage, Raphaële was quickly spotted and invited to perform at Belgium’s national opera houses. At ease in a wide variety of repertoires, the artist is now regularly invited to perform all over the world. She has performed in France, the Netherlands, Spain, England, Italy, the Czech Republic, China, the United States, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uruguay.

Her versatility and curiosity for opera have allowed her to appear in works ranging from the classical repertoire to contemporary creations, including: Mozart Concert Arias, Romeo and Juliet, Suor Angelica, Rusalka, The Diary of One Who Disappeared, Der Kaiser von Atlantis, María de Buenos Aires, Satyagraha & Ali.

In addition to opera, Raphaële enjoys combining her lyrical voice with other artistic disciplines. This was the case in Maison Chaos by and with Belgian-Congolese slam poet Joëlle Sambi, as well as in Dear Winnie and Hannibal with the KVS.

Through her choice of projects, she demonstrates her commitment to current social issues.

She can be heard in the title role of Astor Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires, with the ZVEZDOLIKI ensemble. The CD was released on the Antarctica label in October 2018 and was widely acclaimed by the music press. She also appears on Line Adam’s album La Chanson de l’Oubli, as well as on Stéphane Orlando’s album Mystérieuse Mélisande. The latter is the soundtrack to the film Night Falls (in which Raphaële also appears), which won the award for best performance at the 2023 Toronto Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival.

Over the years, Raphaële has had the opportunity to work with renowned conductors such as Alain Altinoglu, Bassem Akiki, Giedrė Šlekytė, Corinna Niemeyer, Dirk Brossé, Guy Van Waas, and directors such as Ivo Van Hove, Olivier Py, Alan Lucien Oyen, John de los Santos, Tobias Kratzer, Michael De Cock, and Junior Mthombeni.

Raphaële regularly performs in recital with pianist Lionel Bams.

MASTERCLASSES & PRIZES

True to her passion, she has participated in numerous masterclasses with personalities such as Anna Caterina Antonacci, Karine Deshayes, Josй Van Dam, Alain Garichot, Angelika Kirchschlager, Malcom Martineau, Elena Pantrakova, Nora Gubisch, Alain Altinoglu, Georg Nigl, Sami Kustaloglu, Noлlle Barker, Margarida Natividade, Ludovic de San and Zeno Popescu. She is currently perfecting in Paris with dramatic soprano Christine Schweitzer in Paris, Bonita Hyman in Germany, and with Ouri Bronchti and Angélique Noldus in Brussels.

In 2011, Raphaële won the third prize at the competition “Les Nouveaux Talents de l’Art Lyrique” in Ans. In 2012, she won the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the national singing competition “Prix Jacques Dфme” in Verviers. In 2015, she won the First Prize, the Audience Prize and the Special Prize “Etй Mosan” at the international singing competition Bell’Arte in Braine-L’Alleud. The same year, she also received the International Prize at the Anniviers Festival (Switzerland). In the United States, she won the First Prize at the Gold Coast Chapter NATS Auditions in Miami, Florida, and the Second Prize at the Southeastern United States Regional Auditions in Deland, Florida. Back in Belgium, she won in 2016 the “Triomphe de l’Art” competition in Brussels, as well as the Klassiek Centraal award. In 2023, she won the Audience Award at the “Les Grandes Voix Lyriques d’Afrique” competition in Paris.

STUDIES & TRAINING

After studying Political Sciences at the University of Louvain (UCL), she continued her training in Classical Singing at the Institut Royal Supйrieur de Musique Et de Pйdagogie of Namur (IMEP). She graduated with high honours in 2014, in the class of Elise Gдbele, Ana Camelia Stefanecsu, Franзoise Viatour and Benoоt Giaux. In 2015, she joined the European Vocal Department where she continued her training in Lyric Art, notably with Patrick Leterme and Benoоt Mernier.

Then, she left for the United States, where she continued to improve herself by joining the vocal studio of Mrs. Marilyn Mims in West Palm Beach, Florida. She stayed there for a semester and sang with the Palm Beach Opera.

In Belgium, she is a member of the MMAcademy, a youth academy of the Thйвtre Royal de La Monnaie in Brussels. In 2017, she became MMAcademy Laureate.