Bravo! Opera, Broadway, and Jazz

World-class voices bring beloved songs from Opera to musical theater to the jazz standards to life in our boutique “club” setting in the SCA lobby. Experience Leah Crocetto, Moises Salazar, and Micah Graber in this two-night only performance. All proceeds from the event support the SCA’s cost-free, literacy programming for K-12th graders. Ticket includes one complimentary drink plus desserts by Chef Mindy Trafman, SCA Creative Fellow.
Special Event

Saturday, November 11 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm
OR Sunday, November 12 | 4:00 – 6:00 pm

SCA

All proceeds from the event support the SCA’s cost-free, literacy programming for K-12th graders.

Overview

The SCA lobby is transformed into an intimate, 80-seat nightclub, and world-class voices bring beloved songs from Opera to musical theater to jazz standards to life during this very special, 2-night only performance.

Leah Crocetto, Moises Salazar, and Micah Graber, along with accompanist Todd Schreiber, have performed on major stages across the world including the Sydney Opera House, NY Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and many more. Pieces from Phantom of the Opera and Madame Butterfly to Lerner & Lowe and Cole Porter showcase these amazing singers.

Grab a glass of wine, a seat at a cocktail table, and get ready for a one-of-a-kind evening of unforgettable vocal performance!

Ticket includes:
Your first drink at the bar
Desserts by Chef Mindy Trafman, SCA Creative Fellow

Meet the Artists

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 Leah began with her San Diego Symphony debut in Giuseppe Verdi’s breathtaking Requiem under the baton of Rafael Payare. She also returned to the Sydney Opera House for Opera Australia’s Aida and debuted the fiendish role of Odabella in Attila at Teatro Petruzelli. In recital, she appeared at the Butler School of Music in Austin, Texas, where she is currently on faculty as a Lecturer in Vocal Arts.

Leah 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 released their first EP in February 2023.

Moisés Salazar

Moisés Salazar is a Mexican-American tenor born and raised in the state of California. He began his music journey performing in various venues in his family’s mariachi band, Trio Los Salazar, which is still active today. 

Moisés graduated with a Bachelor’s in Music from the University of Toledo in 2018. For his 2021 season Moisés joined Opera Theater of St. Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist where he covered the roles of Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi and Buckley in Damien Sneed’s new work The Tongue and the Lash

Prior to OTSL Moisés joined Palm Beach opera as a Benenson Young Artist where he covered the roles of Rodolfo in La boheme and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and performed the roles of The First Priest and First Armored man. For PBO’s “Discovery Series”, Moisés performed the role of Tebaldo in their production of I capuleti e i montecchi. His previous roles include Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Señor Alcalde in Sonenberg’s The Summer King, Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Borsa in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi.

Micah Graber

Micah Graber currently teaches voice at Ohio Northern University and maintains a private voice studio. He is also the director of the Canterbury Singers USA, an Anglican choir that has been the guest choir in residence at the big cathedrals of England including Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral. He also directs the Toledo Swiss Singers and had the honor of conducting the North American Swiss Singing Alliance Festival and Grand Concert.

Micah sang professionally in operas and concerts in the United States and abroad. He has sung with the San Francisco Opera for numerous seasons, San Francisco Symphony, Marin Opera, Sacramento Symphony, Skylight Opera, Louisville Opera, Toledo Opera to name a few and has toured the United States and Japan numerous times with Western Opera Theater. Micah has sung in concert with Placido Domingo and Victor Borge, sung in operas with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Moll, Dame Gwyneth Jones, James Morris, and under the baton of many of the world’s great conductors. His recent portrayal of Mary Sunshine in the musical Chicago earned him a Stacky Award. His education includes a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance and Opera from Bowling Green State University and a postgraduate degree of Artist Diploma in Opera from the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Micah has coached with the world-renowned baritone Hans Hotter, the dramatic soprano Regine Crespin, and Luciano Pavarotti’s coach Maestro Tonini.

Accompanist Todd Schreiber

Todd Schreiber holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Bowling Green State University and a master’s degree from VanderCook College in Chicago and is currently in his 36th year as K-12 vocal music instructor and theatre director for Whiteford Schools in Ottawa Lake, MI.  Todd often serves as an accompanist for workshops, conferences, honors choirs and theatre productions in Michigan and Ohio. His book, Olympic Games for the Music Classroom, was published in 2008 by Shawnee Press. In 2010, 2017 and 2022, Todd directed State Honors Choirs for the Michigan Music Conference. He was extremely honored to be named the Michigan School Vocal Music Association’s Teacher of the Year in 2013, and in 2015 he earned The Outstanding Alumni Award from his high school Alma Mater.

Hosted By

Laura Baird + George Zulakis
Susan + Tony Pastor
Kim Redlin + Phil Crump 
Jim Sellman 
Pat Sharp
Shirley Sutton + Dick Shaw
Mary Terzino + Gregg Potter

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