Iowa native Daryn Imani Nowlin is a mezzo-soprano and recent M.Mus graduate from the University of Western Ontario. She has received two B.A. degrees in vocal performance and English with a minor in creative writing from Graceland University. Her performed opera roles include Angelina/Cenerentola from La Cenerentola, the Witch from Hansel and Gretel, La Ciesca and the Notaio from Gianni Schicchi, and Zulma from L’italiana in Algeri. She was a resident artist for Opérafest in Toronto where she portrayed Adalgisa in scenes from Norma and a Young Smith Resident Artist for Cedar Rapids Opera as Spirit V in Cendrillon. While attending Western University, she was a winner of the Marista Brookes Concerto Competition where she had the opportunity to perform Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with the Western Symphony Orchestra. 

In addition to opera, Daryn also has a performing background in musical theater and plays. While attending Graceland University, she portrayed Velma Kelly in Chicago, Molly Jensen in Ghost, Heather Duke in The Heathers, Haimon in Antigone, and John Powell in Men on Boats. For her English Senior Thesis, she wrote, directed, and acted in an original one act mini musical, All Eyes on the Bar.