Soprano Deborah Selig\u2019s voice has been described by the press as \u201cradiant,\u201d \u201cbeautifully rich,\u201d \u201ccapable of any emotional nuance,\u201d and \u201cimpressively nimble.\u201d Ms. Selig performs repertoire spanning music from the baroque to contemporary in opera, oratorio, and art song across the United States. Ms. Selig is also passionate about teaching and mentoring the next generation of singers, currently serving on the voice faculties of Wellesley College, Brown University, and the summer Boston University Tanglewood Institute.<\/p>\n
During recent seasons, Ms. Selig has appeared as Micaela in Carmen<\/em> with Dayton Opera; Sybil Vane in Liebermann\u2019s The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/em> with Odyssey Opera; Pamina in The Magic Flute<\/em> with Boston Lyric Opera; Musetta in La Boheme<\/em> and Zerlina in Don Giovanni<\/em> with Central City Opera; Rose in Street Scene<\/em> with Chautauqua Opera; both Curley\u2019s Wife in Carlisle Floyd\u2019s Of Mice and Men<\/em> and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni<\/em> with Kentucky Opera; and Bella in Tippett\u2019s A Midsummer Marriage<\/em> with Boston Modern Orchestra Project.<\/p>\n On the concert stage, recent highlights include Amphytrite in Purcell\u2019s The Tempest<\/em> with The Henry Purcell Society of Boston; Mozart\u2019s Requiem<\/em> with Brown University; Strauss songs with Wheeling Symphony Orchestra; the US premiere of C. Herbert Parry\u2019s Invocation to Music<\/em> with Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus; Brahms\u2019 Requiem<\/em> with Buffalo and Dayton Philharmonics; Bach Cantatas 36, 92 and 97<\/em> with Boston\u2019s Handel and Haydn Society; Orff\u2019s Carmina Burana<\/em> with Fairbanks Symphony; Haydn\u2019s Creation<\/em> with Harvard University Choirs; Gorecki\u2019s Symphony No. 3<\/em> with Kentucky Symphony; Bach\u2019s St. Matthew Passion<\/em> with Masterworks Chorale and Handel\u2019s Messiah<\/em> with Rhode Island Philharmonic.<\/p>\n Recordings include Marcia Kraus\u2019 Three Fairy Tales for Soprano, Oboe and Piano<\/em> with Centaur Records and both Virgil Thomson\u2019s Four Saints in Three Acts<\/em> and Paul Moravec\u2019s Blizzard Voices<\/em> with Boston Modern Orchestra Project and BMOP Sound.<\/p>\n Ms. Selig earned an Artist Diploma in Opera and MM in Voice degrees from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a summa cum laude BM\/BA in Voice and English from the University of Michigan. Apprenticeships included Chautauqua Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Ravinia Festival Steans Institute and Tanglewood Music Center.<\/p>\n