Crossing Paths Cast

John Riesen (Tenor)
Hailed as “impassioned...and vibrant” (Opera Today), award-winning American tenor John Riesen is consistently impressing audiences with his "fantastic, powerful voice" (Texarkana Gazette). Recently John Riesen was seen in his Lincoln Center debut as the voice of Tony in Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite as well as the tenor soloist in Stravinsky's Les Noces with the New York City Ballet, and tenor soloist in Rachmaninoff's Vespers with the NY Oratorio Society. He will be making his Carnegie Hall Debut as Tenor Soloist in the Messiah this December. He has also been seen in performance with numerous opera companies including Michigan Opera Theatre, Opera Birmingham, Intermountain Opera Bozeman, Urban Arias, Pensacola Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, Shreveport Opera among many others. 
Seen most recently in collaboration with PBS TV superstar and Emmy-Nominated pianist/composer Marina Arsenijevic singing new arrangements of Crossover standards as virtual concerts.
Jay Lucas Chacon (Baritone)
Described as "versatile" and having "comedic instincts" (Voce di Meche), Jay Lucas Chacon has been an active and noticeable artist in NYC. Jay created an online recital series Singing-in-Place where he performed various operatic arias and musical theater songs ranging from Puccini and Wagner to Andrew Lloyd Weber and Jason Robert Brown. Career higlights include creating the roles of Richard in David Chesky' La Farranucci with Opera Vocateur Productions, Sandrino in Salieri' La Cifra with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, and Duc de Durfort in Whitney George' Julie with New Camerata Opera' branch of opera-on-film, CamerataWorks. Other companies Jay has performed with are On Site Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Saint Petersburg Opera Company, Center for Contemporary Opera, Apotheosis Opera, Bronx Opera, and making his international debut at L'Institut Canadien d'Art Vocal as a guest artist singing the role of Rodolfo in the Leoncavallo La bohème.
Jon Garrett (Piano)
Jon Garrett is a lyric tenor, collaborative pianist, music director, composer, recording artist, musical theater conductor, and instructor of piano and voice. He has performed with Union Avenue Opera, Winter Opera St. Louis, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Missouri Ballet Theatre, Gateway Opera and Stray Dog Theatre. His compositions have been featured in performances by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, the St. John UCC Chancel Choir, SCC Singers and Missouri Ballet Theatre. Jon is currently the Artistic Director of the Gateway Men’s Chorus, a St. Louis based LGBTQ chorus in its 34th season. He also serves as Adjunct Music Faculty at Saint Louis University and St. Charles Community College. He is the Minister of Music at Grace United Church of Christ in O’Fallon, Missouri and is grateful to all his cherished friends and family for their unswerving love and support.