John Tiranno
tenor
Hailed by The New York Times as “ardent and mellifluous” as well as a “clear-voiced tenor”, John Tiranno’s recent and upcoming engagements include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Omaha Symphony, Messiah with the Nashville Symphony, Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and the role of Tamino (The Magic Flute) with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Messiah and Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette with the Santa Fe Symphony, Aronne (Mosè in Egitto) and The Holy Fool (Boris Godunov) with Opera Southwest, Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ with the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus, and Messiah and the role of Spoletta (Tosca) with the New Mexico Philharmonic. Notable past performances include Berlioz’s Requiem (La Jolla Symphony & Chorus), Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 and Paul Moravec’s The Blizzard Voices (Oratorio Society of New York), Saint-Saëns Requiem (Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra), Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde with ChatterABQ, creating the role of The Young Man in Gisle Kverndokk’s opera Upon this handful of earth (New York Opera Society), Bach’s B minor Mass, Mozart’s Requiem, and the U.S. premiere of Juraj Filas’ Oratio Spei – Requiem (Sacred Music in a Sacred Space), his South American debut in Sao Paulo, Brazil, singing Mozart’s Missa in C (Auditorio Ibirapuera), creating the role Trouble in Kverndokk’s Max and Moritz (New York Opera Society), Lord Tolloller in Iolanthe (Nashville Opera), Messiah (Dayton Philharmonic), and recitals at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Jedda, Saudi Arabia. As a member of The Young-Tiranno Duo, John often collaborates with his wife, violinist Elizabeth Young, performing their unique arrangements for violin and voice from a wide variety of repertoire.
