JOHN RIESEN
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 five 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 seen performing with Intermountain Opera Bozeman as Rodolfo in La Boheme, as well as singing the tenor solo in Carmina Burana with the Flint Symphony. He will also be performing the tenor solos in Beethoven's 9th symphony with the Pacific Symphony, and be seen in Pops concerts around North America.
This past season, John performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, the Flint Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Intermountain Opera Bozeman (Duca- Rigoletto), Nashvile Opera (in concert), Opera Roanoke (Young Thompson- Glory Denied), and Opera Las Vegas (Daniel - A Capacity for Evil).
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.