COVID-19 update
Regrettably, in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, many theaters in the US have canceled all performances through at least the end of March. Some of these include Don Carlo at the Dallas...
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Official biography
American soprano 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. In the current season, Ms. Crocetto returns to Seattle Opera as Leonora in Il trovatore. She sings her first performance of Bellini’s Norma in concert with North Carolina Opera, and makes her debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in recital with pianist Mark Markham, with additional performances in Washington, D.C. and Easton, Pennsylvania. Ms. Crocetto makes her Australian debut with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as the soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem, and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic she is a soprano soloist in Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand,” under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel.
House debut at Dallas Opera
This March, Leah Crocetto makes her house debut at Dallas Opera in her signature role of Elisabetta in Verdi’s Don Carlo. She’s joined by Jamie Barton as Princess Eboli, Robert Watson as...
Verdi’s Requiem with Opera Philadelphia
In celebration of conductor’s Corrado Rovaris’s 20th anniversary with Opera Philadelphia, in an evening that NPR has calle “A conductor’s dream come true”, Leah Soprano sings the...
Socially distanced Tosca at Northern Lights Music Festival
Schmopera"As Tosca, star soprano Leah Crocetto as Tosca was magnificent- the vocal line of this role shows off her impressive instrument. The difficulty of Tosca is her extreme jumping around the staff and her emotional characterization - typical of Puccini’s style. Even though I know the opera fairly well, her immediate and resonant access to the top of her range took me by surprise!"
Forging ahead in the pandemic, this Minnesota opera is built Iron Range-tough
StarTribune“There is definitely a bit of fear,” said Leah Crocetto, the American soprano playing Tosca, a singer tragically embroiled with the escaped political prisoner Cavaradossi. “But I feel as if the festival has done an excellent job of putting our minds at ease, and taking the necessary precautions to make this a successful run.”