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, oratorio, studio recording, and concert. He has released over 85 studio recordings, that have reached well over 8 million streams on Spotify and Apple Music. John is the head of Spotify promotion for Emitha LLC, and has helped other artists achieve over 100 million streams on Spotify. He is also an associate producer on the Grammy-Nominated project The Impossible Dream
 

This past season, John performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Oratorio Society, as well as with the Pacific Symphony, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Portland Symphony, Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony (Anthony - Sweeney Todd), the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, the Flint Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Intermountain Opera Bozeman (Duca- Rigoletto, Rodolfo-La Boheme), Nashville 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.