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JOHN RIESEN

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OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY

"HEAVEN SENT...
JOHN RIESEN IS UNBELIEVABLE"

Hailed as “every inch the hero in stature and voice” (Classical Voice North America), award-winning American tenor John Riesen is consistently impressing audiences with his "impassioned...and vibrant" voice (Opera Today). John’s growing career boasts a variety of roles in which he excels and includes significant work in opera, musical theatre, studio recording, and concert. He has released over 75 studio recordings, that have reached well over four million streams on Spotify and Apple Music. John is also the head of Spotify promotion and PR for Emitha LLC, building an ecosystem for classical singers to be heard around the world.
 

Upcoming, John will be performing with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, the Flint Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Pensacola Opera, Intermountain Opera Bozeman and more to be announced.
 

This past season, John performed as Younger Thomson in Glory Denied with Knoxville Opera (Sept 2022) and Opera Roanoke (Feb 2023), and as Camille in the Merry Widow (Nov 2022) with Knoxville Opera. He also be made his debut with Las Vegas Opera in his return to Evan L. Snyder's murder-mystery opera "A Capacity for Evil" (Jan 2023) before making his role debut as the Duke of Mantua with Intermountain Opera Bozeman's production of Verdi's Rigoletto (May 2023).

John was also seen on NBC's America's Got Talent as part of the Finalist group Metaphysic, singing "Nessun Dorma" as the voice of Howie Mandel. This performance hailed as, "The best act of the series" by Simon Cowell. John was also seen in concert for the Patriot Awards Gala in Knoxville, in Christmas Concert in Columbus, OH, and Saugatuck, MI, and also in concert in Madison, GA among others.



In the 2021/2022 season, John returned to signature roles including Frederic in Pirates of Penzance with Utah Opera, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi with On Site Opera, Chris in the Emmy-Nominated performance of Favorite Son by GRAMMY award winning song-writer Marcus Hummon with Nashville Opera, as well as performing in concerts around the United States.

NEW VIDEO:

"POURQUOI ME REVEILLER" from Werther

"ELLA MI FU RAPIRA...PARMI VEDER LE LARGIME"
from Rigoletto

Stranger in Paradise (Performance Video) -
Laura Auer and John Riesen

John Riesen

LATEST & FEATURED

Prohibition: 
The Music of Moulin Rouge, Boardwalk Empire and More!

NEXT LIVE PERFORMANCE

as SOLOIST with
Phoenix Symphony Orchestra

Nov 10-12 PHOENIX, AZ

NEWEST
RECORDED RELEASES

The Hope of Us

Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Amazon

LIVE PERFORMANCE/TOUR DATES

10/22

BEETHOVEN'S 9th

SOUTHWEST SYMPHHONY - TENOR SOLOIST

11/10-12

PROHIBITION

PHOENIX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - TENOR SOLOIST

12/2-3

CHRISTMAS POPS

WILLIAMSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

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