After completing his studies, he worked as conductor (
Kapellmeister) at the
Opernhaus Kiel and then at the
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. the
Leipzig Opera, the
Staatstheater Braunschweig, the
Astana Opera, and the
Stadttheater Klagenfurt. As a guest conductor, Matthias Manasi has worked with the
SWR Symphonieorchester, the
Ploiești Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, the
Kazakh State Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Selangor Symphony Orchestra, the Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras, as well as the Vienna Mozart Orchestra at the
Musikverein in Vienna. In 2000, Manasi was appointed chief conductor of the Orchestra Camerata Italiana, with which he conducted the world premiere of Cosimo Minicozzi's oratorio "La Passione di Padre Pio da Pietrelcina" in 2012. He remained with the orchestra until 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as music director of the International Punta Classic Festival in
Montevideo. He then served as First conductor at the
Wrocław Opera from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, he succeeded
Michael Ching as
music director and chief conductor of the
Nickel City Opera in
Buffalo, New York. From 2020 to 2024, he was chief conductor of the orchestra "I Solisti di Milano" in
Milan. and the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. As a song accompanist, he has performed at the
Richard Wagner Museum in Villa
Wahnfried in Bayreuth, among other venues. ==Discography==