Rafael HumbertoRojas
- Tenor
- Fellow
About Rafael Humberto
Mexican tenor Rafael Humberto Rojas is currently a graduate student at the Royal Northern College of Music after being awarded the prestigious International Artist Diploma scholarship.
This season, Rafael will perform the role of Rafael in Christof Loy's new production of El Gato Montés at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid. He will also make his role debut of Alfredo La Traviata at the Buxton International Festival 2026. At RNCM, he sung Le Prince in Prokofiev's L'amour des trois oranges and Schoolmaster in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen.
Prior to studying in Manchester, Rafael was part of the Mexican Opera Studio, where he performed in Bizet's Carmen, Massenet's Manon and a selection of Mexican operas by Melesio Morales, Carlos Jimenez Marabak and Daniel Catan.
Rafael claimed first prize at the regional Mexican Metropolitan Opera's Laffont Competition in both 2022 and 2023 and at the Carlo Morelli Zarzuela Competition at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. In 2024, he also performed in the Houston Grand Opera's aria concert. He won second prize at the 2026 Clonter Opera competition.
Next season Rafael will join the International Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich.
Contact
Mark Hildrew
Paul Meyer zu Schwabedissen
Elan Fryar
Video
- Playing
Rafael Humberto Rojas performs 'Recondita armonia' from Puccini's Tosca
Accompanied by David Jones Credit: Royal Northern College of Music
Rafael Rojas performs 'Oh! fede negar potessi' from Verdi's Luisa Miller
Credit: Rafael Rojas
Rafael Rojas sings 'Una furtiva lagrima' from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
Accompanied by Sheldon Miller Credit: Royal Northern College of Music
Rafael Rojas sings 'Quando le sere al placido' from Verdi's Luisa Miller
Accompanied by Sheldon Miller Credit: Royal Northern College of Music
Rafael Humberto Rojas performs 'ah siempre la stessa vision' from Melesio Morales' Anita
Credit: Rafael Rojas
Photos
Selected Repertoire
Gaetano Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore (Nemorino) • La fille du régiment
Georges Bizet
Carmen (Don José)
Giacomo Puccini
La boheme (Rodolfo) • Tosca (Cavaradossi)
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata (Alfredo)
Jules Massenet
Manon (Le Chevalier des Grieux) • Werther (title role)
Leoš Janáček
The Cunning Little Vixen (schoolmaster)
Manuel Penella
El gato montés (Rafael)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Lensky)
Sergei Prokofiev
L'amour des trois oranges (Le Prince)
