Leah Crocetto (United States)

Soprano — Female Chorus

Houston Grand Opera debut

About the Artist: Crocetto is a third-year Adler fellow with San Francisco Opera, where she has been heard in productions of Aïda, Il trittico, Cyrano de Bergerac, and in the company’s annual “Opera in the Park” concert. Crocetto was a finalist in the Song Competition portion of the 2011 Cardiff BBC Singer of the World Competition. She is a 2010 Grand Finals Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, was the First Place Winner, People’s Choice, and Spanish Prize Winner of the 2009 José Iturbi International Music Competition, and winner of the Bel Canto Foundation competition. This season, in addition to her Houston Grand Opera debut, Crocetto makes her role debut as Liù in Turandot for San Francisco Opera and is featured on their 32nd Annual Gala Concert. She also makes her Berlin Philharmonic debut in performances of Poulenc’s Gloria with Nicola Luisotti conducting. In summer 2012, she will debut with The Santa Fe Opera as Anna in Rossini’s Maometto II in a new production by David Alden. Crocetto’s 2010 – 11 season included her European debut as Leonora in Il trovatore with Opéra National de Bordeaux and performances of Verdi’s Requiem with the Columbus and Albany symphonies. She was featured in a gala concert of opera and musical theatre with the Adrian Symphony Orchestra and in a gala opera concert with the Toronto Symphony. She concluded the season with performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at the Grand Tetons Music Festival with Donald Runnicles, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Crocetto began the 2009 – 10 season with San Francisco Opera’s production of Il Trittico in Suor Angelica and covered the roles of Leonora in Il trovatore and Desdemona in Otello. She joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel for performances of Verdi’s Requiem and was featured in a Schwabacher Recital for San Francisco Opera. Further concert performances included Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with San Francisco Opera and Nicola Luisotti, and Handel’s Messiah in Anchorage. Crocetto holds degrees in acting performance from Siena Heights University and in vocal studies Moody Bible Institute. She is a former member of the Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artists Program where she appeared in Le nozze di Figaro and La rondine. She was a member of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program, where she performed scenes from Manon, Don Pasquale, and Il trovatore.