JOHN RIESEN
TENOR
Award-winning American tenor John Riesen has been called "impassioned and vibrant" (Opera Today) and has been impressing audiences all over the country with his "heartfelt" singing.
2019/2020 season highlights include house and role debuts at Michigan Opera Theater in the role of Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd and a return to one of John's most celebrated roles, Younger Thompson in Glory Denied with Atlanta Opera and Urban Arias.
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Other highlights of the upcoming season include a debut with the New York Oratorio Society as the tenor soloist in Rachmaninoff's Vespers, a return to Intermountain Opera Bozeman as Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me Kate and to Opera Birmingham as Prince Charmant in their production of Massenet's Cendrillon.
UPCOMING
PERFORMANCES
Detroit, MI
SWEENEY TODD
MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE
as Adolfo Pirelli
NOVEMBER 16, 20 & 22, 24
LATEST NEWS & PRESS
REVIEW
April 4, 2019
LA TRAVIATA AT GULF SHORE OPERA
"John Riesen has opera's Emotional Boy, Alfredo, firmly in hand. He is desperately in love and his heart is on his sleeve for the entire opera. Riesen and Valdes partner beautifully, and Riesen is note-perfect and powerful in his solos..."
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REVIEW
March 29, 2019
GLORY DENIED AT DES MOINES METRO
"John Riesen’s 'Younger Thompson' held the stage with a vibrant, focused tenor, and an impassioned performance of complete commitment and coltish deportment."
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