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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, De Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Wiener Festwochen, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Israeli Opera.

In 2016 she sang Morgana (*Alcina*) under Marc Minkowski at the Vienna State Opera, as well as Gretel and Sophie (*Der Rosenkavalier*). With the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin Mehta, she sang a gala concert for Suntory Hall 30th Anniversary. In the same year Ms. Reiss also made her debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Daniele Gatti and sang Marzelline (*Fidelio*) with the Israel Philharmonic. In 2017 she will sing Zdenka (*Arabella*) and Marzelline (*Fidelio*) at the Vienna State Opera, Liu (*Turandot*) with the Israel Philharmonic, as well as concerts with the Chicago Symphony, Munich Philharmonic and Lucerne symphony. She will perform at the London Proms, Lucerne Festival, SHMF and many more. Her debut at the Royal Opera House under Antonio Pappano is planned for 2018.

In December 2014 Chen Reiss was invited to sing for Pope Francis during the Christmas Mass, which was broadcast worldwide. Accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle, Ms. Reiss sang the soundtrack to the film *Perfume*. A frequent soloist at important concert venues worldwide, Ms. Reiss sang with distinguished conductors such as: Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Paavo Järvi, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Mark Minkowski, Jonathan Nott, Donald Runnicles, Jeffrey Tate, Christian Thielemann and Franz Welser-Möst.

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: Vienna Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Philharmonie Berlin, Concerto Köln, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony and Dallas Symphony, among others. 

Her operatic repertoire includes: Gilda (*Rigoletto*), Adina (*L’elisir d’amore*), Amina (*La Sonnambula*), Nannetta (*Falstaff*), Oscar (*Un ballo in maschera*), Marie (*La fille du régiment*), Sophie (*Der Rosenkavalier*), Zdenka (*Arabella*), Rosina (*Il barbiere di Siviglia*), Pamina (*Die Zauberflöte*), Ilia (*Idomeneo*), Servilia (*La clemenza di Tito*), Susanna (*Le nozze di Figaro*), Konstanze (*Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail*), Zerlina (*Don Giovanni*), Euridice (*Orfeo ed Euridice*), Adele (*Die Fledermaus*), and the title role in *Das Schlaue Füchslein*.

Her solo album, LIAISONS, won the Diapason D’or in 2011. On her latest album “Le Rossignol et la Rose” Chen Reiss presents a romantic compilation of songs with distinguished pianist Charles Spencer. 
