Elizabeth Reiter

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Elizabeth Reiter
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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OccupationOperatic soprano
Organization Oper Frankfurt
Website www.elizabethreiter.com

Elizabeth Reiter is an American operatic soprano who has been based at the Oper Frankfurt from 2013, where she covered a broad repertoire from Armida in Handel's Rinaldo to the double role Renee/Alice in the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's Lost Highway . She performed at international opera houses and festivals, such as singing Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni in Tanglewood, conducted by James Levine.

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Career

Reiter was born in Chicago [1] where she was a member in the Lyric Opera's children's choir. [2] She sang as a child in over 100 performances, for example in Puccini's La Bohème and Tosca , Ponchielli's La Gioconda , Boito's Mefistofele , Bizet's Carmen , Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades , Verdi's Otello and Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel at the Lyric Opera. [3] At the age of 16, Reiter made her professional debut as Young Maria Celeste in the world premiere of Glass's Galileo Galilei (Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and London’s Barbican Center). [2] [4] She studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music [5] where she performed several roles in the opera program. [6] She took part in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. [5]

Following two years in the Opern Studio, Reiter joined the ensemble of the Oper Frankfurt in the 2013/14 season, where she appeared in roles including Armida in Handel's Rinaldo , [7] Mozart's Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte , Gretel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel , [8] Valencienne in Lehàr's Die lustige Witwe , [9] [10] Anne Trulove in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress , and the title role in Janáček's Das schlaue Füchslein . [5] [11] In 2018, she appeared in the double role Renee/Alice in the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's Lost Highway . [12] [13] In September 2021, she appeared as Melissa in Handel's Amadigi , conducted by Roland Böer, and alongside Brennan Hall in the title role, Kateryna Kasper and Beth Taylor. A reviewer noted her sharp coloraturas and dramatic outbursts, portraying the harsh character, and intense acting up to her death scene. [14]

In the 2022-23 Frankfurt season, Reiter debuted as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin and the title role in Orff’s Die Kluge as well as repeated her acclaimed performances as Asteria in Händel’s Tamerlano and Janacek’s Vixen. For her performance as die Kluge, Opera News wrote: [15]

“As a farmer's daughter who ends up married to an arrogant, suspicious king, American soprano and ensemble member Elizabeth Reiter made a phenomenal role debut. Her agile, powerful and dramatically expressive voice was an ideal fit for the shrewd, savvy title character.”

She appeared as a guest at Opera Memphis and the Opera Philadelphia among others. She performed as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Tanglewood Music Center, conducted by James Levine, and as The Dragonfly in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges at the Castleton Festival, conducted by Lorin Maazel. [5]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she gave house concerts from her home. [5]

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  4. ↑ Kutsch, K.J.; Riemens, L.; Rost, H. (2012). Galileo Galilei. Grosses Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. p. 5238. ISBN   978-3-598-44088-5.
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  6. ↑ "Elizabeth Reiter, Soprano". Curtis Institute of Music. 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Händels Rinaldo in Frankfurt". Faust Kultur (in German). Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Märchenhaftes im Armenhaus". www.op-online.de (in German). October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Von der Traumfabrik zur Realität – Frankfurts Oper bietet eine ganz besondere "Lustige Witwe" – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). May 15, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  10. ↑ ""Die Lustige Witwe" Operette von Franz Lehár in der Oper Frankfurt". feuilletonfrankfurt.de (in German). May 18, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Frankfurt, Oper Frankfurt, Premiere: DAS SCHLAUE FÜCHSLEIN von Leos Janácek, 24.04.2016". IOCO (in German). March 21, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
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  13. ↑ Swed, Mark (September 19, 2018). "Review: David Lynch's 'Lost Highway' gets an otherworldly operatic treatment by Yuval Sharon". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  14. ↑ Molke, Thomas (September 25, 2021). "Amadigi". Online Musik Magazin. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  15. ↑ Goldmann, A.J. (July 2023). "Der Zar/Die Kluge". pp. 55–56.
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