LATEST NEWS
11.25.19
COMMISSION
Evan has been commisioned to collaborate with world-renowned soprano Tamara Wilson on an original song cycle. More details coming soon!
11.17.19
CD RELEASE FEATURE
Release of new original song “Dantes’s Monologue” on John Riesen’s premiere solo album What You Call Dream. Available for purchase digitally and hard copy here. Coming soon to Spotify and iTunes.
PAST PERFORMANCES
9.28 - 9.29, 2019
A CAPACITY FOR EVIL
Opera MODO World Premiere
Planet Ant, Hamtramck
Director - Danielle Wright, Music Director - Steven McGhee Starring - John Riesen, Gillian Lynn Cotter, Christopher Hodson, and Evan Ross
8.9.2019
Excerpts from Ulysses
Source Song Festival
Justin Staebell, tenor and Jordyn Buccholtz, piano
UPCOMING EVENTS
FEATURED WORKS
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE
"On the beach at night alone" is a featured aria from the most current operatic project, The Clef of the Universe, and was premiered this past summer as part of the Fresh Inc Festival. Click here to learn more about this project.
DYNAMIC
ROADS
Song cycle for bass-baritone, clarinet, and piano, premiered Mach 2019. The work was commissioned by Joseph Baunoch, and created in collaboration with poet Peter Faziani.
JOHN RIESEN / TENOR