Radnel Ofalsa

Radnel Del Rio Ofalsa earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Voice, Cum Laude, from The University of Santo Tomas and completed his Master’s Degree from The Mannes School of Music in New York with a Full Merit Scholarship and generous support from the Asian Cultural Council and the Friends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines.

His accolades include winning 1st Prize in The National Music Competitions for Young Artists, 1st Prize in The Jovita Fuentes Vocal Competition, and an Encouragement Award in The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Most recently, he was a Finalist in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition and a two-time Semi-Finalist in the Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year Competition.

In recent years, he was seen as Ovidio in the New Mexico premiere of Jorge Martin’s Before Night Falls with Opera Southwest, Benvolio in Roméo et Juliette with Central City Opera, as well as The 1st Armored Man in Norwalk Symphony Orchestra’s concert production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Among his favourites is his portrayal of Count Alberto in Rossini’s one-oct opera, L’Occasione fa il Ladro with Opera Southwest. Early in his musical journey, Radnel thrived as a pop singer joining local competitions in the Philippines before fully realizing his calling as a classical singer.