Handel and Haydn Society
This season Handel and Haydn seems to have been saving its best soloists for last... Deborah Selig's more sizeable soprano was radiant in its bloom...
Thomas Garvey, The Hub Review
Liederabend with Martin Katz
Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, MI
All four voices were very distinct and expressive...The voice of soprano Deborah Selig was beautifully rich with a shimmering vibrato.
Ruth Crystal-Zaromp, Detroit New Monitor
Elsie, The Golden Legend, Longfellow Orchestra
Portland, ME
Deborah Selig (who bore an uncanny resemblance to the actress, Jennifer Beals) soared through Elsie’s music with sweetness, but with plenty of sheen to the voice, which opened up beautifully the higher she went. She had the proper amount of earnestness and beauty of tone for “My Redeemer and my Lord” - but truly made her mark with the little coda Sullivan gives Elsie immediately after “My life is little - only a cup of water,” which can only be described as ravishing. Selig’s breathtaking “Christe Elieson” with the chorus at the conclusion of “The night is calm and cloudless” interrupted the performance from the otherwise well mannered audience with several cries of “Brava!”
Paul Padillo, Portland Arts Blog (pArts)
Curley’s Wife, Of Mice and Men, Kentucky Opera
“Deborah Selig, as Curley's Wife, more than held her own against the forceful singing of the men. She coped easily with the role's high tessitura, acting up a storm as a real slut of a character, yet projecting the emotional desperation behind the façade.”
Charles Parsons, Opera News
“Deborah Selig imbued Curley’s Wife with vivid sexuality...her Act III partnership with Hendrick's Lennie was adroitly managed.”
Andrew Adler, courier-journal.com
Rose, Street Scene, Chautauqua Opera
“Rose was beautifully sung and affectingly acted by Deborah Selig -- her considerable beauty finely detailed, her voice richly capable of any emotional nuance, her character delineated by each gesture she made, her desperation almost palpable.”
Clair W. Van Ausdall, Chautauquan Daily
Norina, Don Pasquale, Pittsburgh Opera
“Deborah Selig was a Norina to contend with: spunky in demeanor and solid in sound”
Robert Croan, Opera News
"The young cast, along with an excellent chorus of only eight people, makes the drama utterly convincing... Deborah Selig managed to delineate her character with her voice as well as her actions"
Robert Croan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Deborah Selig as Norina embraced the extremes of her character.”
Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Elvira, L’Italiana in Algeri, Pittsburgh Opera
“Deborah Selig sang Elvira with impressive pipes.”
Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Soprano soloist, Carmina Burana, Erie Philharmonic
“Soprano Deborah Selig [was] fresh-voiced and charming…[and] paid careful attention to enunciating the texts.”
John Chacona, Erie Times
Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro, Connecticut Lyric Opera
“Susanna, sung by soprano Deborah Selig, was the star throughout. In ensemble and in arias, her sense of line and nuance were matched only by the sheer beauty of her tone and power of projection.”
Milton Moore, The Day
Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Central City Opera
“The three leading ladies all but stole the show on Saturday…Deborah Selig’s Zerlina was sung well, her character emerging as a coquettish waif, easily smitten by the Don.”
Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News
“What a sexy little minx soprano Deborah Selig makes [Zerlina]…The production is blessed by the presence of three wonderfully talented women…Selig is purely charming, both aurally and visually.”
Juliet Wittman, Wexford News
Adele, Die Fledermaus, Dayton Opera
“A truly great performance by the young and beautiful Deborah Selig as Adele…Her voice soared in the famous “Laughing Song.”
Burt Seidel, Oakwood Register
Amy, Little Women, Dayton Opera
“Amy is sung, in professional debut, by Deborah Selig. She has an expansive voice with remarkable beauty.”
Burt Saidel, Oakwood Register,
“Deborah Selig’s Amy transformed from a self-interested child to a loving young woman.”
Carol Simmons, Dayton Daily News
Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
“Deborah Selig was absolutely stunning as the peasant bride Zerlina. Her “Vedrai carino,” comforting the beaten Masetto, was winning for its genuine charm, and one of the evening’s most delightful moments.”
Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Enquirer
Marion, The Music Man, Chautauqua Opera
“An unexpected treat for Wednesday’s audience was the performance of Deborah Selig as Marion, the famed librarian. The role was announced to be performed by Rebecca Baxter, but Ms. Baxter injured her back and was unable to perform. Ms. Selig stepped in at the last moment, and performed with wonderful presence and visible confidence, including acting, singing, and dancing.”
Robert W. Plyler, The Post Journal
Mary Warren, The Crucible, Chautauqua Opera
“Soprano Deborah Selig in the important role of Mary Warren sang strongly”
Robert Finn, Chautauquan Daily
Soprano Soloist, Górecki 3rd Symphony, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
“The concert was a beauty in every way… Selig -- a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music -- spun a pure-toned, taut line as Mary entreats her son to share his wounds…Selig investing her low notes with earthy emotion.”
Mary Ellyn Hutton, Cincinnati Post
Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
“Selig made a striking Susanna, emanating sweet purity while projecting a luscious lyric voice. Her Act IV aria, "Deh vieni, non tardar," was a breathtaking moment.”
Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Enquirer
