Deborah Lifton

A recent winner of the 2007 Joy in Singing Award and the David Adams Art Song Competition, Soprano Deborah Lifton is emerging as one of today’s most interesting and versatile young singers.  

“Her high notes were thrilling, her diction clear, and her concentration never wavered as she skillfully conveyed the meaning of each song…..she is a fine singing actress whose expressivity always seems to come from within…” Jan 2008 New York Concert Review.

An active recitalist, Ms. Lifton has performed recitals at Merkin Concert Hall, Trinity Church, the Kosciuszko Foundation, Lippes Concert Hall and the Yamaha Showroom. 

In June 2008, Deborah will appear as The Dark Lady and Lady Magnesia at Symphony Space in New York with Encompass New Opera Theater in two one-act contemporary operas composed by Philip Hagemann. 

Ms. Lifton regularly performs on sound tracks for documentaries and nationally televised commercials.   She has also been heard on WXQR and was featured in Young Opera, a new series on PBS.org. 

Recent operatic appearances include both Susanna and Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Beth in Little Women, Ellie in Showboat, Elisa in Il Re Pastore, and Catherine in A Death in the Family (Albany Records), as well as the title roles in Bastien und Bastienne, L’enfant et les sortileges, and Armida.  Ms. Lifton has sung with Mercury Opera Rochester, The Natchez Opera Festival, The Ash Lawn-Highland Festival, The Aspen Music Festival, The Bronx Opera Company, and Encompass New Opera Theater.

She holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the Manhattan School of Music.  She has taught at New York University and Syracuse University and is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Voice at Ithaca College.