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RACHEL E. COPELAND, Soprano (Mabel), is currently a doctoral student at Indiana University, where she studies with Distinguished Professor of Music Timothy Noble. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music Education in Choral Conducting at Baylor University, where she also received her Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance With Honors in 2004.
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Ms. Copeland has appeared with the IU Opera Theater as Peep-Bo in The Mikado and covered the role of Yum-Yum. She performs frequently with Indianapolis Opera Young Artist and outreach programs in performances ranging from Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro to the soprano soloist in Carmina Burana. This past fall, Ms. Copeland appeared as a soloist with the Bloomington Youth Symphony Orchestra as Nanetta in Falstaff and has previously appeared in opera scenes as Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Marzelline (Fidelio), Blonchen (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Seralio), among many others. |
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While at Baylor and IU, Ms. Copeland was selected to perform in various master classes with such noted artists as Dalton Baldwin, Carol Vaness, and Dawn Upshaw. Ms. Copeland has also appeared extensively as a concert soloist in Texas and Oklahoma, most notably as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s and Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Vivaldi’s Gloria. She will cover the role of Nanetta in Indianapolis Opera’s production of Verdi’s Falstaff in May and will make her professional operatic debut as Musetta in La Bohéme with DuPage Opera Theater in July. |
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