One of the leading heldentenors of his generation, John Charles Pierce has sung in opera houses and concert halls around the world. His interpretation of the role of Tristan in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, a pinnacle of the tenor repertoire, has been the pillar of his career. In 1992 he moved with his family to Germany, where he sang full-time at the Brandenburg State Opera House for ten years. There he sang much of the important repertoire for his voice type, including Wagner's Lohengrin, Tannhaueser, Rheingold, Walkuere and Flying Dutchman, Verdi's Otello, Hoffmann, Freischütz, Fidelio, Jenufa, Katia Kabanova, Pique Dame, Samson and Dalilah and many others. The Requiems of Verdi, Dvorak and Mozart, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Elijah and Messiah count among the many concert works he has performed. His Tristan debut was in 2000 in Dortmund, Germany. Since then, he has sung that role all over Germany, in Prague, Rio de Janeiro and Manaus in Brazil, Rotterdam, Victoria- Canada, also Austria, Japan, and Argentina. He added the role of Parsifal in Zagreb, Croatia. He has since performed it in concert in Germany, as well as with the Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México. 2013 included Wagner concerts in Lima, Peru and Zagreb, Croatia. He also debuted at the famous Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, singing the role of Erik in Wagner's Flying Dutchman. Conductors he has worked with include Valerie Gerghiev, Niksa Bareza, Anton Marek, Reinhard Petersen, Stefan Blunier, Frank Beerman, Michael Hofstetter, Ryusuki Numajiri, Alejo Perez, Jose Arena and Luis Malheiro. Now a resident of Duluth, Minnesota, he is the owner of Duluth Fine Pianos. He has sung with Lyric Opera of the North and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra.