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 10 million streams on Spotify and Apple Music. John is the head of Spotify promotion for Emitha LLC, and has helped other artists achieve hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify. He is also an associate producer on the Grammy-Nominated project The Impossible Dream
 

Seen around the globe, he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Pacific Symphony, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Vegas Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Portland Symphony, Detroit Opera, Shreveport Opera, Pensacola Opera, On Site Opera, Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, Utah Symphony, Berkshire Opera Festival, Las Vegas Opera, the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony, the Flint Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Texarkana Symphony, Marshall Symphony, Opera Montana, Opera Birmingham, Nashville Opera, Opera Roanoke, Greensboro Opera, Gulfshore Opera, Anchorage Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera and many more.

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.