Amaranta Viera
Cuban-American soprano Amaranta Viera’s singing has been called “excellent” (Greenwich Sentinel) and “graceful” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), and has been featured in the US and abroad with ensembles ranging from the Choir of Trinity Wall Street to the NY Philharmonic in repertoire spanning a millennium. Recent solo credits include The Divine Feminine with the Open Gates Project; excerpts from Korine Fujiwara’s opera The Flood at Weill Recital Hall; the New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine; and as a Satrap in the recent New York revival of The Play of Daniel. Ensemble highlights include the Psalms Project at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, Händel Messiah, and Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Duruflé Requiem with Voices of Ascension; and Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher with the New York Philharmonic. Amaranta holds a degree in English literature from Williams College and studied Historical Performance at the Mannes College of Music. She lives in Queens, NY with her husband, son, and a garden full of weeds that won’t quit.