DEVON LAKE
Wesfarmers Arts Young Artist 2026
Baritone
Devon Lake is an emerging artist from Perth, Western Australia, currently completing a Bachelor of Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
At WAAPA, Devon has performed a range of leading operatic roles, including the title role in The Enchanted Pig (2023), Count Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (2024), Baron de Pictordu in Viardot’s Cinderella (2025), and the title role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (2025). Devon was recently named the recipient of the Richard Gill Award, recognising him as the most outstanding graduating classical performance student at WAAPA. His concert highlights include appearances as a featured soloist in the prestigious Perth Rotary Vienna PopsNew Year’s Eve Gala at the Perth Concert Hall (2020, 2021, 2023), Christmas in the Quarry, Melting Moment at the Quarry, bass soloist in Bach’s Mass in G major (2024) and bass soloist Mozart’s Requiem (2025). He regularly collaborates with a number of local companies, including Freeze Frame Opera, Perth Rotary, Opus WA, and UWA Choral Society. Devon joins West Australian Opera’s Wesfarmers Arts Young Artist Program in 2026.
