Described as “a stunning Gilda” and “a hugely talented artist”, Israeli Soprano Chen Reiss performed leading parts at Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera (Munich), Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Florida Grand Opera, Opéra de Québec and the Israeli Opera, as well as in concerts at the Salzburg, Ludwigsburg, Rheingau and Lucerne Festivals. Accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle, Ms. Reiss sang the soundtrack to the film “Das Parfum”.

Upcoming engagements for the 2010 include: Nannetta at the Théatre des Champs- Élysées conducted by Daniele Gatti, Blonde at the Maggio Musicale in Florence and Gilda with the Israel Philharmonic, both conducted by Zubin Mehta, Adele with the WDR Radio Orchestra under Friedrich Haider, as well as concerts at the Musikverein in Vienna and in Wigmore Hall.

A frequent soloist at important concert venues worldwide, Ms. Reiss sang with distinguished conductors such as: Daniel Barenboim, Ivor Bolton, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Daniel Harding, Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Zubin Mehta, Donald Runnicles and Peter Schneider. In 2002, she made her Carnegie Hall debut in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8. In 2009 she made her Musikverein debut with the Tonkünstler Orchestra under Alfred Eschwé. Other concert appearances include: Staatskapelle Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Munich Philharmonic, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, La Chambre Philharmonique (France) and the Israel Philharmonic.

Her operatic repertoire includes: Gilda (Rigoletto), Marie (La fille du régiment), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Nannetta (Falstaff), Oscar (Un ballo in maschera), Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Contessa di Folleville (Il Viaggio a Reims) and Maria (West Side Story).

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, Alice Tully Hall and at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.

A solo CD with the WDR Radio Orchestra was released in 2009 including songs and arias by Mozart, Schubert, Spohr and Lachner. Another CD with Italian songs by Schubert and Donizetti was released in 2007.