Betany Coffland,
Mezzo-soprano

George and Susan Crow Fellow*

Betany Coffland, mezzo-soprano, joins OSJ's resident company during the 2008 - 2009 season, performing the roles of Olga (Eugene Onegin), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), and the title role in Carmen. Roles performed recently by Ms. Coffland include Zita (Gianni Schicchi), L'Enfant (L'Enfant et les sortilegès), Miles (The Turn of the Screw) and Giannetta (The Elixir of Love.) Ms. Coffland has been a member of Opera Idaho's Resident Company for the past two years and is also a founding member of the Idaho CoOPERAtive.

Concert engagements includes solo performances in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Boston's Jordan Hall. She has also performed recitals in Kansas, Idaho and Missouri.

In 2003, Ms. Coffland was the recipient of the Bori Grant for foreign music study in the Czech language which she studied in Prague. She has received scholarships from The Juilliard School, the Aspen Music Festival and the New England Conservatory of Music.

Ms. Coffland received her MM degree from The Juilliard School in 2005 and a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from New England Conservatory of Music in 2001.

*Ms. Coffland's residency is made possible in part by a Fellowship Grant from
George and Susan Crow.