| Matthias Manasi |
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| As one of the finest and most exciting conductors of his
generation, Matthias Manasi divides his conducting career between
operas and symphonic works. Matthias Manasi's recent conducting
highlights in the 2009/2010 season include Verdi’s La forza del
destino, Mozart’s Zauberflöte and Arlen’s The wizard of Oz at the
Opera Annaberg. During the 2008/2009 season he conducted there J.
Strauss' Eine Nacht in Venedig, Auber's Fra Diavolo and Menken's Little
Shop of Horrors at the Opera Annaberg. In the 2007/2008 season, he has
conducted at the Opera Annaberg Rossinis' Il Barbiere di Seviglia,
Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, Kálmán's
Csardasfürstin, J. Strauss' Zigeunerbaron and Wiener Blut by J.
Strauss. Matthias Manasi has also built a remarkable international career as pianist. His 2008 season highlights included a piano recital in January 2008 at the Osborne Theatre in New York. After making his USA debut in 2006 with a Gershwin recital in New York, he made a successful tour with piano recitals in New York, Washington, Silver Spring and Baltimore in 2007. He played a very successful concert at the Residenz München in November of 2006. A highlight of his 2004 season was his debut as pianist in South America with concerts in Ecuador. During 2006, Matthias Manasi was engaged as a conductor for the project Klasse Klassik of the Bavarian Broadcast with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester. Before that, he was engaged as a conductor for Rossini's opera L'Occasione fa il ladro at the 2005 Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad. He was engaged for Verdi's Don Carlos at the Opera Kassel during 2004. Prior to that, he was Assistant Conductor for a production of Vivaldi's Juditha triumphans at Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg in 2003. During 2002, he conducted Verdi's Il Trovatore, Rigoletto and La Traviata at Opera Constanta and was also engaged as Assistant Conductor for Berg's Lulu at the Opera Klagenfurt. From 2000 to 2002, he conducted O. Strauss' Walzertraum, Abraham's Victoria und ihr Husar, Lehar's Wiener Frauen and Fall's Dollarprinzessin at the Passau Opera. In 1998, he assisted as conductor at the Eutin Opera Festival for opera productions of J. Strauss' Eine Nacht in Venedig, Verdi's La Traviata and Smetana's Verkaufte Braut. Also in 1998, he was engaged as Assistant Conductor for Wagner's Götterdammerung, Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, Lortzing's Wildschütz and Künneke's GIückliche Reise at the Oldenburg State Theatre. Matthias Manasi has also conducted the Erzgebirgische Philharmonie Aue, the Philharmonic Orchestra Brasov, the Gächinger Kantorei, the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, the Philharmonic Orchestra Olomouc, the Orchestra of Opera Constanta, the Orchestra of Opera Passau, the Sofia Festival Orchestra, the Polnische Kammerphilharmonie, the Orchestra of the Silesian State Opera, the Philharmonic Orchestra Györ, the Nürnberger Symphoniker, the Philharmonic Orchestra Baden-Baden and the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim. In 1997, he conducted at the Silesian State Theatre in the Czech Republic Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera and Mozart's Zauberflöte. One year before, in 1996, he started his conducting career there conducting opera productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni and Puccini's La Bohème. During this time, he also worked as conductor at the Kiel Opera for opera productions of Puccini's Turandot, R. Strauss' Frau ohne Schatten, Berg's Wozzeck, Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Mozart's Idomeneo, Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles, Nicolai's Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, J. Strauss' Eine Nacht in Venedig, Wagner's Rheingold, Franchetti's Christoforo Colombo, Moniuszko's Geisterschloss, Hiller's Rattenfänger and Rossini's Cenerentola. After studying piano and conducting at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and piano at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe, Matthias Manasi went on to study conducting with Karl Österreicher in Vienna, Georg Tintner in Canada and Larry Newland in the U.S.A. He has participated in Master Classes with legendary Professor Jorma Panula and with Maestro Kurt Masur. 1/2010 |