Cen Wei

Cen moved from China to Australia and began his Bachelor of Music degree at Monash University in 2016, where he laid the foundation for his classical vocal training. From 2019 to 2021, he was a member of Opera Scholars Australia for two seasons. Cen went on to pursue advanced training and successfully completed his Master of Opera Performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2023. During his master’s program, Cen participated in a wide range of operatic and collaborative performance projects. He appeared in The Selfish Giant and The Grumpiest Boy in the World with Victorian Opera, gaining valuable professional experience and honing his stagecraft. His university performance credits include Monostatos in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, the Chinese Man in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, and Snout/The Wall in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He recently made his Melbourne Opera review in the role of Ferrando in Così fan tutte.