Seen and Heard International
November, 2008
“John Tiranno looked the part of a youngish Alfredo… Tiranno's Parigi, or cara was very good…”
- Lew Schneider
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NY, NY - August 29, 2006
{Reviewing New York Grand Opera's production of Pagliaaci)
"The tenor John Tiranno, as Beppe... gave (an) ardent, mellifluous performance."
- Steve Smith
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August 5, 2009
Music review: Haydn’s The Creation, Vermont Mozart Festival
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"As the Archangel Uriel, tenor John Tiranno also excelled. He sang assertively, yet with warmth and subtlety. For example, two short recitatives by Uriel lead into Act I’s finale. Tiranno’s quiet intensity alternated wonderfully with the muted orchestral passages, and the effect was captivating."
- Elisabeth Crean

August 4th, 2009
"John Tiranno, Archangel Uriel, performed strongly and effectively"
- Jim Lowe
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Hamilton, Ontario - July 30th, 2008
"One of the many highlight presentations was a sensitive 'Che gelida manina' with Tiranno emotionally telling the new tenant in his rive gauche slum apartment, a self-denigrating autobiography."
- Danny Gaisin
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"John Tiranno's clear flexible tenor was heard in a spirited "La donna e mobile" sung with macho bravura from Verdi's Rigoletto."

Boulder, CO - February 22, 2003{Reviewing Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra's performance of the world-premiere of The Passion According to St. Toscanini, by Gregory T.S. Walker}

Houston Press
Houston, TX - November 20-26, 2003
{Reviewing Opera in the Heights production of Faust, by Gounod}

"Tenor John Tiranno's Faust, with an ardently sung "Salut! Demeure", came alive in the love duet..."
- D.L. Groover