Ms. Rivera's "musical repertoire is wide and diverse. Some of her numbers are delivered with the pathos of a Lisbon fados singer; others explode with the ribald passion of Carmen."

Santa Cruz area vocal sensation LORI RIVERA has performed Leonard Bernstein's Mass in Carnegie Hall and the Vatican, and formerly with the Bobs. In a show written especially to showcase her talents, Ms. Rivera delivers twelve original jazz numbers, cabaret songs, and comic ballads with titles such as OYSTERS ANYTIME OF THE DAY and WE TOOK IT OFF THE MENU, weaving her way through the story of an innocent young woman named Celeste and her mentor, the ravishing Gypsy soothsayer, Francesca. Watch and listen (and be part of the act) as Ms. Rivera deftly juggles both roles in this tale of lust, infidelity, and smoldering passion.

Piano player MARSHALL OTWELL, who worked with Carmen McRae for eight years, leads a jazz trio.