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Described as “a stunning Gilda” and “a hugely talented artist”, soprano Chen Reiss performed leading parts at the Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Théâtre des Champs- Élysées, Teatro alla Scala, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Wiener Festwochen, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Israeli Opera.
Accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle, Ms. Reiss sang the soundtrack to the film “Das Parfum”. A frequent soloist at important concert venues worldwide, Ms. Reiss sang with distinguished conductors such as: Daniel Barenboim, Ivor Bolton, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Paavo Järvi, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Zubin Mehta, Donald Runnicles, Ulf Schirmer and Peter Schneider.
She performed concerts at the Salzburg, Ludwigsburg, Rheingau and Lucerne Festivals, as well as in Carnegie Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein and Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Other concert appearances include: Staatskapelle Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Munich Philharmonic, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Orchestre de Paris, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Pittsburgh Symphony, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Orquesta de Valencia, Oviedo Filarmonia, Atlanta Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, La Chambre Philharmonique and the Israel Philharmonic.
In season 2010/11 Ms. Reiss was invited to sing song recitals at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf and at the Gstaad festival with Charles Spencer, as well as a solo recital at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg with Alexander Schmalcz. She has given solo recitals in Carnegie Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Prinzregententheater (Munich), Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Bad Kissingen Festival, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Alice Tully Hall.
Her operatic repertoire includes: Gilda (Rigoletto), Nannetta (Falstaff), Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Adina (Elisir d’amore), Marie (La fille du régiment), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Servilia (La clemenza di Tito), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Despina (Così fan tutte), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Contessa di Folleville (Il viaggio a Reims), Adele (Die Fledermaus).
Upcoming engagements include: Adele, Sophie, Pamina and servilia at the Vienna State Opera; Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” in Pittsburgh (Manfred Honeck), as well as concerts with the Orchestre National de France (Daniele Gatti), Hamburger Symphoniker (Jeffery Tate) and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Zubin Mehta).
On her new solo album, LIAISONS, she sings arias by Mozart, Haydn, Cimarosa and Salieri, accompanied by baroque ensemble L’arte del mondo (Werner Ehrhardt).