American tenor, John Osborn, was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He attended primary and secondary school, and was heavily involved in music and athletics while growing up in Iowa. Throughout his years at Bishop Heelan Catholic High School, he was often a featured soloist at various honor and choir festivals. He was also a folk-style wrestling champion of the Sioux Interstate conference in 1990. His continuing education includes a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. He studied voice with Anne Larson, an accomplished mezzo soprano while at Simpson, and was a winner of the 1994 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions when he was only 21 years old. This immediately gave him international attention. Mr. Osborn was an invited member of the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Development Program in the fall of 1994. He continued his vocal studies with Edward Zambara, a Greek-American bass, who was teaching at The Juilliard School. As a member of the Met YADP, he studied several songs, arias and roles under distinguished Met coaches as Nico Castel, Susan Webb, Robert Cowart, Dennis Giocque, Donna Racik, and Stephen Eldridge. He also appeared in masterclasses with several important artists as Hermann Prey, Régine Crespin, Carlo Bergonzi, Eduardo Müller, Barbara Bonney, Sherill Milnes, Ileana Cortrubas, and Regina Resnik, to name a few. He was also First Prize Winner of the 1996 Operalia Voice Competition of Placido Domingo in Bordeaux, France.