TESSIER, JOHN On the international stages of opera, concert, and recital, Canadian tenor John Tessier has gained attention and praise for the beauty and honesty of his voice, as well as his refined style and artistic versatility in the lyric tenor repertoire. He has performed with the major orchestras of Canada and the United States, including the Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony. Operatic highlights include Washington National Opera, Oper Frankfurt, New York City Opera, Vancouver Opera and Glimmerglass Opera. Among his future engagements are performances with the Royal Opera Covent Garden, English National Opera, Opera Geneva, Oper Frankfurt and the Metropolitan Opera. He can be heard on recordings of Mozart’s Requiem on the Telarc and Dorian labels, Bach Cantatas on Naxos (8.554825), and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with Music of the Baroque Chicago.
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