Her work is visually driven and often collaborative with other art forms, with a focus on opera, contemporary dance, moving image, installations, staged performances, and instrumental music.
Her music is concerned with intonation, textures, intimacy, and nostalgia, and has been described as ‘free of cliches’ (The Guardian)[2] and ‘hauntingly melodic’ (The Stage).
Directed by Jay Scheib and conducted by Jessica Cottis, the opera premiered at the Hackney Empire to sold-out shows.
She has held residencies and fellowships with Sound & Music,[22] East London Dance,[23] Britten–Pears Artist Programme, Classical Next fellowship[24] Rabbit Island Foundation & Rozsa Centre for Performing Arts,[25][26] and LSO Soundhub residency, where she composed a piece for chamber ensemble, live visuals and karaoke singers.
[31][32][33][34] In 2022, Zisser scored the first season of BBC radio 4's new horror audio anthology, LUSUS, which starred Ncuti Gatwa, Alistair Petrie and Morfydd Clark.