Award-winning British soprano Raphaela Papadakis made her professional début at Garsington Opera in 2014, which was singled out by the Financial Times as the “most attractive solo performance” of the show. She went on to cover the Nymph in Michael Boyd’s Orfeo for the Royal Opera House, and performed the role of Anna in the British première of Šimon Voseček's Biedermann and the Arsonists for Independent Opera at Sadler’s Wells. A committed recitalist, and a Samling and IMA Artist, Raphaela made her recital début at Carnegie Hall in 2014, and was a Vocal Fellow at the 2015 Stean’s Music Institute at the Ravinia Festival, Chicago. Her awards and prizes include 1st prize at the Mozart Competition, 1st prize and the Audience Prize at the Clonter Opera Competition, 1st prize at the Maureen Lehane Vocal Award at the Wigmore Hall, and the York Early Music Festival Prize at the London Handel Festival. She is currently a City Music Foundation Artist, a member of the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme, and a winner of this year's Philip and Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists. She studied at the Guildhall School with Janice Chapman, supported by Independent Opera, Leverhulme Arts, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and JM Finn & Co. Before beginning her studies at the Guildhall School, Raphaela graduated with a first class degree in English Literature from Clare College, Cambridge.
