Elizabeth Reiter
soprano
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The American soprano Elizabeth Reiter joined Oper Frankfurt's ensemble in 2013/14. During the 2026/27 season she sings Despina, the Wife in Schönberg'sWaiting for Today, Vitige in a new production of Handel's Flavio, Ortlinde in Die Walküre and Freia in Das Rheingold - a role she enjoyed great success with at the Tirol Festival in Erl. She enjoyed great success last season with Despina and Agnès (role debut) in new productions of Così fan tutte and George Benjamin's Written on Skin and repeated her wonderful portrayals of Fiorella and the title role in Offenbach's The Bandits and Orff's The Clever Woman. These were preceded by 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, three new roles: 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. 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.
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