GreatGrandaughter Carolyn Betty an Opera Singer

The musical ability of the Howard's particularly and Carolyn's grandfather Everett Doak who loved to lay on the couch and listen to Opera on Saturday afternoon is a legacy that continues through greatgranddaughter Carolyn Betty. Her grandmother Betty Ruth who is now in her late 80's was undoubtedly a great musical influence on Carolyn. Betty Ruth was a high school music teacher. She described Carolyn's voice as a pure voice. By searching her name on the internet I found that Carolyn will be performing in Seattle Operas. Here is a little write -up on her just to let you know some of the great musical talent in the family. I wish I could hear her someday. Perhaps you can also.

Carolyn Betty
Carolyn Betty is quickly distinguishing herself as a one of the new up and coming sopranos to watch.
This season, Ms. Betty returns to the Pittsburgh Opera as First Lady in Die Zauberflöte. She most recently appeared there as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte and Micaela in Carmen. Other recent opera engagements have included Anna Maurrant in Kurt Weill's Street Scene, Nanny in Miss Havisham's Fire and Annina in La Traviata at the Opera Theater of Saint Louis; Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito and Anna Maurrant at the Wolf Trap Opera;. roles in the Opera Company of Philadelphia's productions of Aida, La Traviata, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Susannah; and the title role of Vanessa and Fiordiligi at the Curtis Institute of Music.
A recent graduate of the Pittsburgh Opera Center, Ms. Betty's roles there included Vitellia, the Fifth Maidservant in Elektra, and Amore and Melanto in Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria.
In concert this season, Ms. Betty performs Mendelsssohn's Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream with the National Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Betty recently appeared at the Hollywood Bowl in a concert performance of Götterdämmerung with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in a performance of Howard Shore's The Lord of the Rings Symphony. Her other concert engagements have included First Flowermaiden in Parsifal with Pierre Boulez, and Dvorák duets with Iván Fischer at the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Mariss Jansons and the Pittsburgh Symphony; Rosalinde in selections from Die Fledermaus with the National Symphony Orchestra; Handel's Messiah with the Baltimore Symphony; and recitals with Stephen Blier with both The New York Festival of Song and Wolf Trap Opera.
A Wilmington, Delaware native, Ms. Betty was a winner of the 2002 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Her other awards include the 2006 George London/Kirsten Flagstad Memorial award, a 2004 Richard Tucker Study Grant, the 2000 Richard Gaddes Career Grant, a 2002 Sullivan Award, and a 2003 Shoshana Foundation Award.