Cassandra graduated from The University of Queensland (UQ) in 2006 with a Bachelor of Music (Opera Performance). There she performed the role Dido in Dido and Aeneas and also Hansel in Hansel & Gretel.
In 2010 Cassandra joined Opera Queensland as part of the Young Artist program appearing as the 2nd bridesmaid in The Marriage of Figaro and understudying Hansel in the chamber opera production of Hansel & Gretel.
Her affiliation with Opera Queensland has continued to this day performing and covering the roles of Wowkle in La Fanciulla del West, Countessa Ceprano in Rigoletto, Flora in La Traviata, Kate Pinkerton and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly and Olga in The Merry Widow.
Other operatic highlights include the title role in Carmen with the Sydney Philharmonia in 2012, Rossweisse in Die Walküre for the Orchestra of the Music Makers, 2020 and Bradamante in Alcina for National Opera Canberra, 2022.
Cassandra's musical theatre appearances include Pitti-Sing in The Mikado, Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Ernest, Tessa in The Gondoliers and Laurey in Oklahoma! On the concert stage, she has performed the alto solo in Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Vivaldi’s Gloria in D, Schubert’s Mass in A major, Bach’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass and Rossini's Petite messe solennelle.
Cassandra was a grant recipient of The Joan Sutherland Society, a finalist in the Opera Foundation Australia German Opera Scholarship as well as a Finalist in the Opera Foundation Australia Lady Fairfax Scholarship.
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"Cassandra Seidemann making her mark as the sultry Olga Kromov" - Stage Whispers.
"Cassandra Seidemann revealed a lovely, warm mezzo soprano voice." - Australian Arts Review.
“Seidemann shines as self-obsessed aristocrat with a subtle gleam of zaniness…tremendous vocal talent…” - Stage Diary.
"Seidemann sang the role (Bradamante) brilliantly". - Canberra Critics Circle.
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