Leah Crocetto

Described by The New York Times as possessing an “agile coloratura technique and a feeling for the Italianate style… with warmth, full penetrating sound and tenderness,” American soprano Leah Crocetto continues to astonish audiences with her moving portrayals of opera’s greatest heroines.

The 2022/23 season for Ms. Crocetto begins with her San Diego Symphony debut in Giuseppe Verdi’s breathtaking Requiem under the baton of Rafael Payare. She also returns to the Sydney Opera House for Opera Australia’s Aida and debuts the fiendish role of Odabella in Attila at Teatro Petruzelli. In recital, she will appear at the Butler School of Music in Austin, Texas, where she is currently on faculty as a Lecturer in Vocal Arts.

Leah Crocetto also tours with her newly founded trio Momenti, featuring bass-baritone Christian Pursell and pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg for their first concerts in San Francisco, Napa, and her native Adrian, Michigan. Aiming to create unique and empowering music, performing genre-less, yet extensive, rich, and innovative repertoire, they will release their first EP in February 2023.

Ms. Crocetto’s 2021/22 season saw her make debuts with Toledo Opera as Leonora in Verdi’s Il trovatore, Teatro Petruzzelli in the title role of Aida, and Washington Concert Opera as Anna from Rossini’s Maometto II. Additionally, she returned to Opera Australia where she reprised Leonora in Il trovatore at the Sydney Opera House and later joined the company in Melbourne for concert performances of Boito’s Mefistofele as Margherita. In concert, she performed at The Croswell in Adrian, Michigan, to celebrate the return of live performances, and sang a recital with her longtime collaborator, pianist Mark Markham, at the Lexington Bach Festival.

In the 2020/21 season, Leah made her highly anticipated debut at Opera Australia, starring as the title role in Davide Livermore’s thrilling production of Aida. Her portrayal was hailed as a “revelation,” with Stage Whispers praising that “nothing can truly prepare one to hear such stunning vocal control in person. A perfect, sudden pianissimo, deftly deployed in O, Patria mia!, was just one of the many moments that had the audience spellbound.” This season also marked the release of Deutsche Grammophon’s recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, featuring Ms. Crocetto as a soloist.

On the concert stage, Leah starred in Citizens of Song’s “Christmas From Afar” event featuring over 25 acts and up to 400 performers from around the world. She was the Featured Artist in Merola Opera Program’s “Un Gala in Maschera” virtual benefit concert honoring Sheri Greenawald. Ms. Crocetto also led multiple teaching residencies in the 2020/21 season: at the University of Texas – Austin, Siena Heights University, Potomac Vocal Institute, and Washington National Opera.