Elizabeth Reiter
soprano
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The American soprano Elizabeth Reiter joined the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt in 2013/14. She recently added roles to her repertoire including Amanda in new a production of Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, her triumphant first Tatianas in Eugene Onegin and wonderful portrayal of Asteria in Tamerlano, which was followed by her moving and spirited Cunning Little Vixen. During the 2025/26 season you can hear her as Despina and Agnès (role debut) in new productions of Così fan tutte and George Benjamin's Written on Skin and she repeats her wonderful portrayals of Fiorella and the title role in revivals of Offenbach's The Bandits and Orff's The Clever Woman. Last season she sang Leonora and Leonore, in Nielsen's Masquerade and a new production of Dittersdorf's Doctor and Pharmacist, the title role in Debussy's La Damoiselle élue and St. Margaret in Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher. Recent guest engagements included Tatiana at Den Norske Opera in Oslo, Susanna at Stuttgart State Opera, Freia and 3rd Norn in the new Ring at the Tirol Festival in Erl, and she was invited back to Opera Philadelphia to sing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. Other roles sung by this extremely versatile artist during her time in Frankfurt included Melissa in a new Amadigi, Frasquita in Carmen, 1st Witch in Dido and Aeneas, Armida (Rinaldo), Humperdinck's Gretel, Valencienne (Merry Widow), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Anne Trulove (Rake’s Progress), Renee / Alice in Neuwirth's Lost Highway, and a Walküre. While studying at the Curtis Institute of Music she sang, amongst others, Zerlina under James Levine at Tanglewood Music Center and the Dragonfly (L'enfant et les sortilèges) under Lorin Maazel at Castleton Festival. Recent concert work included Handel arias with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, orchestral songs by Joseph Marx and Erich Korngold with the Jenaer Philharmonie and Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Find out more about Elizabeth Reiter on her website