Soprano Deborah Selig’s voice has been described by the press as “radiant,” “beautifully rich,” “capable of any emotional nuance,” and “impressively nimble.” Ms. Selig performs repertoire spanning baroque to contemporary in opera, oratorio and art song across the United States. Passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of singers, Ms. Selig currently serves on the voice faculties of Wellesley College, Brown University and the summer Boston University Tanglewood Institute. In addition, Ms. Selig joined Boston University’s faculty in the Fall of 2022 as Lecturer in Music (Voice) to teach a graduate course in Performance Techniques.

Operatic highlights have included Micaëla in Carmen with Dayton Opera; Sybil Vane in Liebermann’s The Picture of Dorian Gray with Odyssey Opera; Pamina in The Magic Flute with Boston Lyric Opera; Musetta in La Bohème and Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Central City Opera; Rose in Street Scene with Chautauqua Opera; Curley’s Wife in Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Kentucky Opera; and Bella in Tippett’s A Midsummer Marriage with Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

Ms. Selig’s concert performances have included Brahms’ Requiem with the Buffalo and Dayton Philharmonics; Bach’s Cantatas 36, 92, and 97 with Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society; Handel’s Messiah with the Rhode Island Philharmonic; Amphytrite in Purcell’s The Tempest with The Henry Purcell Society of Boston; Mozart’s Requiem with the Brown University Choirs; Strauss songs with the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra; C. Herbert Parry’s Invocation to Music with the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus; Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Fairbanks Symphony (AK); Haydn’s Creation with Harvard University Choirs; Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3 with the Kentucky Symphony; and Bach’s St. Matthew Passionwith Masterworks Chorale.

Her recordings include Marcia Kraus’ Three Fairy Tales for Soprano, Oboe and Piano with Centaur Records, and Virgil Thomson’s Four Saints in Three Acts and Paul Moravec’s Blizzard Voices with Boston Modern Orchestra Project and BMOP/Sound.

Ms. Selig earned an Artist Diploma in Opera and M.M. in Voice from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a summa cum laude B.M./B.A. in Voice Performance and English from the University of Michigan. Apprenticeships included Chautauqua Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Ravinia Festival Steans Institute and the Tanglewood Music Center.