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.
[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).
[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.
[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.