Soprano Deborah Selig has earned critical acclaim for her rich, shimmering voice, her excellent artistic instincts and her fine execution of the lyric soprano repertoire.  A native of Washington, DC, Ms. Selig has performed operatic roles with a number of US companies including Pittsburgh Opera, Dayton Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Roanoke, Central City Opera, Mobile Opera and Connecticut Lyric Opera. In concert, she has sung with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cincinnati Baroque, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, the CCM Chamber Orchestra, Greater Bridgeport Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Symphony and made her debut this season with The Handel and Hayden Society of Boston and Opera Boston. She is one of only 5 American singers chosen to compete in the distinguished Wigmore Hall 2011 song competition in the season and has recently been added to the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Series at the Chicago Cultural Center.Ms. Selig returns to the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and looks forward to her debut with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra in the season.