Deborah Cheetham Fraillon

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
Born
Deborah Joy Cheetham

(1964-11-24) 24 November 1964
EducationBachelor of Music, NSW Conservatorium of Music
Occupations
  • Singer
  • composer
  • arts leader
Employer(s)Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Short Black Opera
Spouse
(m. 2023)

Deborah Joy Cheetham Fraillon AO (born Deborah Joy Cheetham, 1964) is an Aboriginal Australian soprano, composer, and playwright. She leads Short Black Opera, based in Melbourne, which provides training and opportunities for emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musical artists.

In February 2023, she was appointed inaugural Elizabeth Todd Chair of Vocal Studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.