Cuban-American soprano Amaranta Viera’s singing has been called “excellent” (Greenwich Sentinel) and “graceful” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) and has been featured in the United States 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 Gesù Nato with American Classical Orchestra; Praetorius @ 400/450 with Tenet Vocal Artists; 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.

She has a particular love of music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. Her solo projects, in development, include Of Mothers Most Distressed, which addresses the separation of mothers and children at the U.S.-Mexico border through the lens of 17th century Marian song. Sustenance and Courage draws on solo and ensemble music of early 17th century Germany to explore why the creation of art is at its most essential in an uncertain world.

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 and son.