Described as "a stunning Gilda” and "a hugely talented artist", Soprano Chen Reiss performed leading parts at the Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera (Munich), Théatre des Champs- Élysées (Paris), Teatro alla Scala, 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".

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, 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, Gewand- hausorchester 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), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), 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.

Ms. Reiss received awards from the Israel Vocal Arts Institute, the Ronen Foundation, the Liederkranz Foundation and the AICF.


April 2010