Ellen Robertson is a versatile soprano from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, equally at home in early music, opera, and choral singing. A graduate of Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music, she has appeared as a soloist in major works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Dvořák, and made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2024. Her operatic roles include Mimì (La bohème), Diana (If I Were You), and Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), with training at programs such as Sarasota Opera and Finger Lakes Opera. Passionate about ensemble singing, she has performed with renowned groups including The Crossing, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and the Grant Park Festival Chorus, with engagements at Trinity Wall Street and with Yale Choral Artists.
Ms. Robertson graduated with a Master of Musical Arts in early music voice from Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music, where she was a member of the Voxtet ensemble. During her time at Yale, she performed as a soloist in works such as Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, Haydn’s Stabat Mater, and Bach’s Köthener Trauermusik, and she toured throughout England and Scotland with Yale Schola Cantorum as a soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor under the direction of David Hill. While at Yale, she was a recipient of the Edwin Stanley Seder Scholarship and the Simon Carrington Prize in Concert Voice.