Chen Reiss
About this Artist
With “a voice of silver brightness and clarity” (Bachtrack) and “immaculately produced and enticing tone matched by superb musicianship” (Opera News), Israeli soprano Chen Reiss came to prominence as a member of the Bavarian State Opera ensemble and as a resident artist at the Vienna State Opera. Her operatic repertoire encompasses the title role in Cavalli’s La Calisto (Teatro alla Scala, Milan), Ginevra in Ariodante (Royal Opera House Covent Garden), Mozart’s Zaide (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress, Liù in Turandot, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, and the title role in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea.
Highlights of the 2024/25 season included her stage debut as Mozart’s Countess at the Welsh National Opera, the title role in Robert Schumann’s Genoveva at the Kölner Philharmonie, Strauss’ Four Last Songs with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, her debut in Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony with Tarmo Peltokoski and the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, and collaborations with conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta, Ivor Bolton, Lahav Shani, and Alain Altinoglu.
Recent highlights include the position of Artist in Residence at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Christmas Day concert under Klaus Mäkelä, and her debuts in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis at the Philharmonie de Paris, Mahler’s Das klagende Lied at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Mahler Festival, and Dvořák’s Stabat Mater.
Recent recordings include Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Paavo Järvi (Alpha Classics), Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov (Pentatone), Schreker’s Vom ewigen Leben with Eschenbach and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin (Deutsche Grammophon), lieder and scenas of Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn with the Jewish Chamber Orchestra of Munich, and Beethoven arias and scenas with the Academy of Ancient Music.