With “a voice of silver brightness and clarity” (Bachtrack) with “immaculately produced and enticing tone matched by superb musicianship” (Opera News), soprano Chen Reiss came to prominence as a member of the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera and as resident artist at the Vienna State Opera.
Highlights of the 2025/26 season include her debut as second soprano in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Tarmo Peltokoski, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel, including an Asia tour, Carmina Burana with the Detroit Symphony, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Orchestre de Paris under Klaus Mäkelä, Brahms’ German Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck and Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony with the Hallé and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Chen returns to the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Lahav Shani for Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, and she will record a CD with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn featuring works by Anton Reicha, Andreas Romberg, Ferdinand von Waldstein, and Peter von Winter. In addition, Chen will serve as Artist in Residence with the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla for the 2025/26 season.
Recent recordings include Mendelssohn’s ‘Lobgesang’ with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich and Paavo Jarvi (Alpha Classics), Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov (Pentatone), Schreker’s ‘Vom ewigen leben’ with Christoph 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.
As of March 2026
