Romanian tenor, Marius Manea, became a principal artist in the ensemble of the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest, in 2005, after he graduated from the Transylvania University in Brasov.  Previously, he made his professional debut with the Brasov State Opera as Don Ottavio Don Giovanni and further appeared as a principal soloist at Opera Timisoara and the National Opera Cluj. 

International co-productions took him to Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, England, Norway and Japan in roles that have become the backbone of his repertoire in Bucharest: Rodolfo La Boheme, Il duca di Mantova Rigoletto, Ramiro La Cenerentola, Fenton Falstaff, Tebaldo I Capuleti ed I Montecchi, Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor.

Recent successes include Verdi’s Requiem with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Estado de Sao Paolo (OSESO), Brasil, under the baton of Claus Peter Flor; Alfredo La Traviata at Maribor (Slovene National Theatre) directed by Hugo de Ana, a role he also sings regularly in Bucharest; Macduff Macbeth, and Rodolfo in the inaugural production of the reopening of Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. He is a frequent guest at the Mikhailovsky Theater and most recently appeared there as Rodolfo.

Mr. Manea has won several significant competitions, including the Great Prize at the Romanian International Singing Contest, Traian Grozavescu, and the special prize at the  Musiktheater Wien.  

Additionally sought after for his highly-regarded interpretations on the concert platform, he is a frequent guest with symphony orchestras in such standard repertoire as the Verdi Requiem, Scapin’s Te Deum and Mozart’s Coronation Mass as well as Rossini’s Stabat Mater.

In 2009-10 he appeared in a concert tour of arias and duets with his mentor, Angela Gheorghiu, at the Munich Bayerische Staatsoper, with The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, and with The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the Singapore Sun Festival. 

Future appearances include Lensky Eugene Onegin, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, Ruggero La Rondine, and the title role Faust.