“Alto Cassandra Doyle displayed a rich mezzo tone well suited to the demands of the rigorous and despairing aria "Ach, bleibe doch" which Bach would develop further in his great Mass in B minor.”
- Victoria Watson, SoundsLikeSydney
Biography
Australian-German mezzo-soprano Cassandra Doyle recently graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music (Classical Voice), studying voice with Maree Ryan AM and Dr. Rowena Cowley.
In the 2023 finals of the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, Cassandra was awarded the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute (CVAI) Montreal Scholarship assisted by the Nell Pascal Award, the Zeke Solomon Award to attend the Israeli Opera Young Artist program at the Meitar Opera Studio, and the Nicole Car Prize to receive mentoring sessions from herself in Paris. She has also been a recipient of the Stefan Kruger Scholarship (2MBS Fine Music FM, 2024), Istituto Italiano di Cultura Award, and Goethe-Institut Prize (IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition 2022, 2023), Patricia Bell Grant (2020), Patricia Long Scholarship (2023) and George and Margaret Henderson Scholarships (2023, 2024) afforded her the opportunity attend the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester on a short-exchange and pursue a Masters degree in Europe.
Cassandra’s other competition successes include 2nd Prize in the Sydney International Song Prize (Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation, 2022), Winner in Oratorio, 2nd Place in Operatic Aria, Female Operatic Voices, Italian Song, English/Australian Art Song and 3rd Place in Lieder (21-26 years, Sydney Eisteddfod, 2022, 2023), and a Finalist in the Demant Dreikurs Scholarship Song Competition (2022, 2023).
Cassandra’s performed roles include Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) with Sydney Conservatorium Students, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) with The Cooperative, Ino in Semele (Handel) and Irene in Theodora (Handel) with Concordia Ensemble, Leila in Iolanthe (Sullivan) with the Conservatorium High School and Madame Frida in the Australian premiere of Aija Dragun's new children's opera, Max and Moritz with Musgrove Opera. Her chorus performance experience includes Savītrī (Holst), Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) and Semele (Handel).
Her concert soloist engagements include Requiem Op. 48 (Fauré) with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Rückert-Lieder (Mahler) with Prima Luce Chamber Orchestra. Messiah (Handel) with Ku-ring-gai Ecumenical Choir. Messiah (Handel), Requiem in D minor (Mozart), Krönungsmesse (Mozart), Magnificat (Vivaldi) with the Illawarra Choral Society. Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 (J.S. Bach) with the Choir of St. James'. Magnificat RV.611 (Vivaldi) with the IGSA festival choir and orchestra. Messe de Minuit (Charpentier) and Petit Messe Solenelle (Rossini) with the Sydney University Musical Society. Stabat Mater (Pergolesi) with L'estro Armenico String Orchestra. Requiem Op.9 (Duruflé) with the Conservatorium High School choir and orchestra. Nelson Mass (Haydn) with the Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae (Duranté) with the Sydney University Graduate Choir and Gloria (Vivaldi) with Coro Innominata.
In 2022 Cassandra was a recitalist for The Women's Club, taking part in their 'Women in Music' Limelight concert series and is a regular recitalist at St. James Church, King Street.
Masterclasses include that by Graham Johnson OBE, Tahu Matheson, Erin Helyard and Miriam Allan, David Miller AM, Christian Müller, Lynne Dawson, Taryn Fiebig, Alexandra Flood and Konstantin Shamray.
During her studies Cassandra has been an Alto choral scholar with St. James Church, King Street, Apprentice Artist with The Song Company and collaborated with Cantillation, Bach Akademie Australia and Ensemble Apex.
A graduate of the Conservatorium High School, Cassandra was a concert soloist at the Sydney Opera House for the NSW Arts Unit Festival of Music (2019) and a featured artist in the NSW Schools Spectacular (2019). An experienced chorister, Cassandra has toured extensively with Gondwana Choirs and Sydney Children’s Choir throughout Asia, the Baltics and Iceland.
In the 2023 finals of the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, Cassandra was awarded the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute (CVAI) Montreal Scholarship assisted by the Nell Pascal Award, the Zeke Solomon Award to attend the Israeli Opera Young Artist program at the Meitar Opera Studio, and the Nicole Car Prize to receive mentoring sessions from herself in Paris. She has also been a recipient of the Stefan Kruger Scholarship (2MBS Fine Music FM, 2024), Istituto Italiano di Cultura Award, and Goethe-Institut Prize (IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition 2022, 2023), Patricia Bell Grant (2020), Patricia Long Scholarship (2023) and George and Margaret Henderson Scholarships (2023, 2024) afforded her the opportunity attend the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester on a short-exchange and pursue a Masters degree in Europe.
Cassandra’s other competition successes include 2nd Prize in the Sydney International Song Prize (Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation, 2022), Winner in Oratorio, 2nd Place in Operatic Aria, Female Operatic Voices, Italian Song, English/Australian Art Song and 3rd Place in Lieder (21-26 years, Sydney Eisteddfod, 2022, 2023), and a Finalist in the Demant Dreikurs Scholarship Song Competition (2022, 2023).
Cassandra’s performed roles include Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) with Sydney Conservatorium Students, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) with The Cooperative, Ino in Semele (Handel) and Irene in Theodora (Handel) with Concordia Ensemble, Leila in Iolanthe (Sullivan) with the Conservatorium High School and Madame Frida in the Australian premiere of Aija Dragun's new children's opera, Max and Moritz with Musgrove Opera. Her chorus performance experience includes Savītrī (Holst), Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) and Semele (Handel).
Her concert soloist engagements include Requiem Op. 48 (Fauré) with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Rückert-Lieder (Mahler) with Prima Luce Chamber Orchestra. Messiah (Handel) with Ku-ring-gai Ecumenical Choir. Messiah (Handel), Requiem in D minor (Mozart), Krönungsmesse (Mozart), Magnificat (Vivaldi) with the Illawarra Choral Society. Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 (J.S. Bach) with the Choir of St. James'. Magnificat RV.611 (Vivaldi) with the IGSA festival choir and orchestra. Messe de Minuit (Charpentier) and Petit Messe Solenelle (Rossini) with the Sydney University Musical Society. Stabat Mater (Pergolesi) with L'estro Armenico String Orchestra. Requiem Op.9 (Duruflé) with the Conservatorium High School choir and orchestra. Nelson Mass (Haydn) with the Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae (Duranté) with the Sydney University Graduate Choir and Gloria (Vivaldi) with Coro Innominata.
In 2022 Cassandra was a recitalist for The Women's Club, taking part in their 'Women in Music' Limelight concert series and is a regular recitalist at St. James Church, King Street.
Masterclasses include that by Graham Johnson OBE, Tahu Matheson, Erin Helyard and Miriam Allan, David Miller AM, Christian Müller, Lynne Dawson, Taryn Fiebig, Alexandra Flood and Konstantin Shamray.
During her studies Cassandra has been an Alto choral scholar with St. James Church, King Street, Apprentice Artist with The Song Company and collaborated with Cantillation, Bach Akademie Australia and Ensemble Apex.
A graduate of the Conservatorium High School, Cassandra was a concert soloist at the Sydney Opera House for the NSW Arts Unit Festival of Music (2019) and a featured artist in the NSW Schools Spectacular (2019). An experienced chorister, Cassandra has toured extensively with Gondwana Choirs and Sydney Children’s Choir throughout Asia, the Baltics and Iceland.
“Alto Cassandra Doyle’s solo is exceptionally
beautiful”
- Shamista de Soysa, Limelight
“… boasts an excellent stage presence, as does Cassandra Doyle in the pants role of Cherubino. Doyle nearly stole the show pretending to be the boy pretending to be a girl. Her feigned inability to walk in heels was hilarious.”
- Jansson J. Antman, Limelight
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