
21/06/2025
Introducing Cassandra Doyle! Australian-German mezzo-soprano Cassandra Doyle is currently based in Essen for the 2024/25 season as a member of Opernstudio NRW, a collaboration between Aalto Musiktheater Essen, Oper Dortmund, Oper Wuppertal, and Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen. Her operatic roles this season include Flora Bervoix in Verdiâs La Traviata, Hänsel in Humperdinckâs Hänsel und Gretel, Tisbe in Rossiniâs La Cenerentola, Blumenmädchen in Wagnerâs Parsifal, and Mrs. Moreno in Mazzoliâs The Listeners.
In 2024, she was selected for the Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival, where she made her professional opera debut in Prokofievâs The Gambler.
At the 2023 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, Cassandra was awarded the Institut Canadien dâArt Vocal (Montreal) scholarship, along with the Nell Pascal Award, Nicole Car Prize, and Zeke Solomon Award to attend the Israeli Operaâs Meitar Opera Studio. In 2022, she won second prize at the Sydney International Song Prize (Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation), and in 2024, she received the 2MBS Fine Music Sydney Stefan Kruger Scholarship.
As a concert soloist, Cassandra has performed with ensembles including the Opera Australia Orchestra, Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, Radio Community Chest Orchestra, Orchestra of the Sydney Conservatorium, and Bach Akademie Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she studied with Maree Ryan and Rowena Cowley.