Sox

All players such as VLC & celluoid can play audio file , of course
But for a simple wav file this might be ‘overkill’

terminal options

ALSA
known as aplay in Linux
standard ALSA is integrated into most systems today.
Usage: /sbin/alsa {unload|reload|force-unload|force-reload|suspend|resume}
example

cd /mnt/data/bronnen/sounds/
alsa ding.wav

nope , no playing

SoX
Sound eXchange
a command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats.
 ( For example, it can convert a Microsoft WAV file into an Apple AIFF file.)
 It can also apply various effects to these sound files during the conversion’_ and is a Audio Editor in the audio & music category.
 It can also just play the sound file

sudo apt-get install sox

converting : sox command

it has the play command

cd /mnt/data/bronnen/sounds/
play ding.wav