Debbie Robertson
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Debbie Robertson is a pianist and opera coach and from 2024 through 2025 is a member of the Lindemann Young Artist Professional Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Debbie received a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in collaborative piano from Louisiana State University. She also earned an artist diploma in opera coaching from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
She is from Springfield, Missouri.
At the Met, she made her Music Staff debut as an Assistant Conductor for "The Magic Flute." Later during the 2024–25 season, she will prepare and perform in the Program’s Patron Concert of opera scenes and the annual spring recital series held at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
During the previous season, she played the Met's Summer Parks Recital Series as part of the City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage Festival. Additionally, she and fellow Lindemann Artists participated in the annual exchange program with the Académie de l'Opéra National de Paris, culminating in a concert at the Opéra Bastille.
As an avid recitalist, she has collaborated extensively with local and academic organizations to produce innovative programs that are accessible to all audiences. Most recently, she worked with curators Carrie-Ann Matheson and Nicholas Phan on a program titled Metamorphosis: Recovery, Renewal, and Rebirth as part of her tenure in the Merola Opera Program.
Notable accolades include third place at the 2021 NOLA Chamber Fest and the National Federation of Music Clubs' Virginia Allison Collaborative Award. She is an alumna of the Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera, OperaFest Sewanee, the Collaborative Piano Summer Institute, and the Young Artist Vocal Academy at Houston Grand Opera. Her operatic engagements include "The Rape of Lucretia" with the Merola Opera Program, "Carmen" with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, "Don Giovanni" at Opera Williamsburg, and "Dialogues des Carmélites" and Gregory Spears's "Fellow Travelers" at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Living in New York City, she has had the opportunity to belong to a stake in Manhattan where "many people who demonstrate a wholehearted dedication to their Latter-day Saint faith," "having unique interactions with missionaries and Latter-day Saints traveling from all over the world," and worshipping with artists, authors, and professionals who have successful careers.[1]
