Indre Viskontas from "Miracle Detectives" is one of the hosts of the OWN docu-series.
Indre Viskontas is a versatile and powerful performer, equally at home in contemporary and classical opera. Her "bell-like timbre" and "winsome stage presence" are particularly suited for the leading noblewomen in operas from the 18th and 19th centuries, while her intellect, dramatic intensity, curiosity and nuanced acting add depth to contemporary operatic roles.
The Lithuanian-Canadian soprano has performed
Viskontas is also an avid performer of chamber music, and a soloist with The Classical Revolution, whose mission is to "bring chamber music back to the streets." Most recently, she performed the world premiere of Josh Archibald-Seiffer's "Wat vör shöön Vagel" with the Stanford New Ensemble under the baton of Martin Fraile. Past performances include Mendelssohn's "Opus 34" with Allison Lovejoy, an improvisational opera called "Spontaneous Combustion" by Jorge Molina for voice, piano, percussion, and guitar, and Osvaldo Golijov's "Lua Descolorida" and "How Slow the Wind" for voice and strings as part of the Mission Arts Performance Project. In a previous MAPP honoring the art of Frida Kahlo and co-sponsored by SFMoma, she performed her own original composition based on the poetry of Rosalia de Castro. She has had the pleasure of working with Mr. Golijov on "Lua Descolorida" during the Banff Summer Arts Festival in 2007.
In 2009, Viskontas attended the Opera en Creation workshop for emerging professionals in opera at the world-reknowned festival in Aix-en-Provence. Designed to foster the production of new works in opera, this workshop brought together 12 directors, conductors and composers, who spent two weeks working on various projects. Following her sojourn in the south of France, Viskontas performed in the Accademia d'Amore baroque opera workshop, which culminated in the performance of staged opera scenes with period instruments in Seattle.
Based in San Francisco, Viskontas holds a Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto. She has published more than 25 original papers and chapters related to the neural basis of memory and creativity.
Indre Viskontas is a versatile and powerful performer, equally at home in contemporary and classical opera. Her "bell-like timbre" and "winsome stage presence" are particularly suited for the leading noblewomen in operas from the 18th and 19th centuries, while her intellect, dramatic intensity, curiosity and nuanced acting add depth to contemporary operatic roles.
The Lithuanian-Canadian soprano has performed
roles ranging from The Countess in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" to the title role in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe." Operatic performance highlights include the role of Beth in Mark Adamo's "Little Women" in a production that she co-produced at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Kate in John Estacio's "Frobisher" co-commissioned by Calgary Opera and the Banff Summer Arts Festival, Heart's Desire in Arthur Sullivan's rarely-performed last opera, "The Rose of Persia" with The Lyric Theater of San Jose and Aurelia, in Purcell's "Dioclesian" with San Francisco Cabaret Opera. Her performance as the Water Nymph in a new opera written by David Heuser which was based on one of Aesop's fables, called "The Golden Ax," was selected as one of the top two performances at the ninth annual Fresh Voices festival of contemporary music in San Francisco. She also created the role of Irena in Patrick Dailly's "Solidarity," the world-premiere of which was performed in Berkeley with the San Francisco Cabaret Opera in 2009. In 2010, she created the lead role of Dora in a workshop premiere of Felsenfeld's "The Bloody Chamber" at the Live Oak Theater in Berkeley, California, and the Galapagos Art Center in Brooklyn, New York, and was hailed as "the musical highlight of the evening" by the Opera Insider.
Viskontas is also an avid performer of chamber music, and a soloist with The Classical Revolution, whose mission is to "bring chamber music back to the streets." Most recently, she performed the world premiere of Josh Archibald-Seiffer's "Wat vör shöön Vagel" with the Stanford New Ensemble under the baton of Martin Fraile. Past performances include Mendelssohn's "Opus 34" with Allison Lovejoy, an improvisational opera called "Spontaneous Combustion" by Jorge Molina for voice, piano, percussion, and guitar, and Osvaldo Golijov's "Lua Descolorida" and "How Slow the Wind" for voice and strings as part of the Mission Arts Performance Project. In a previous MAPP honoring the art of Frida Kahlo and co-sponsored by SFMoma, she performed her own original composition based on the poetry of Rosalia de Castro. She has had the pleasure of working with Mr. Golijov on "Lua Descolorida" during the Banff Summer Arts Festival in 2007.
In 2009, Viskontas attended the Opera en Creation workshop for emerging professionals in opera at the world-reknowned festival in Aix-en-Provence. Designed to foster the production of new works in opera, this workshop brought together 12 directors, conductors and composers, who spent two weeks working on various projects. Following her sojourn in the south of France, Viskontas performed in the Accademia d'Amore baroque opera workshop, which culminated in the performance of staged opera scenes with period instruments in Seattle.
Based in San Francisco, Viskontas holds a Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto. She has published more than 25 original papers and chapters related to the neural basis of memory and creativity.
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