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Born in Wales, Deborah Humble received her music education in Australia at Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide and The Victorian College of the Arts.

After relocating to Paris, Deborah sang regularly with Les Musiciens du Louvre under the direction of Marc Minkowsky in works such as Handel’s Hercules, Offenbach’s La Belle Helene and concerts with Anne Sofie von Otter – many of these works she recorded for Deutsche Grammaphon She also appeared at the Salzburg Easter Festival and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence In the United Kingdom, Deborah took a variety of roles with British companies including the title role in Carmen with European Chamber Opera.

In 2002, Deborah became a Principal Artist with Opera Australia. Her roles for this company included Dido (Dido and Aeneas), the title role in Iolanthe, Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Rosette (Manon), Mercedes (Carmen), Lola (Cavelleria Rusticana), Clarissa (The Love For Three Oranges, Chandos Records) and Sonyetka (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk).

In 2004 Deborah was awarded the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship and in 2005 she became a Principal Mezzo with the State Opera of Hamburg. Her roles in Hamburg have included Bradamante (Alcina), Page (Salome), Marcellina (The Marriage of Figaro), Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) Mary (The Flying Dutchmen), Malik in the German Premiere of Henze’s L’Upupa, Olga (Eugene Onegin), The Mayor’s Wife (Jenufa), Mercedes (Carmen), Hansel (Hansel und Gretel), Zenobia (Radamisto), Flora (La Traviata), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Kartenspielerin (Arabella), Schwertleite (Die Walküre) and Erda (Das Rheingold) for a new production of Wagner´s Der Ring des Nibelungen.  Guest appearances have included Mercedes (Carmen) for Opera Queensland and Ulrica (Un Ballo in Maschera) for State Opera of South Australia.