Andrew Manea

Recent highlights include Ernani at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Ford in Falstaff with Palm Beach Opera, while in concert he was seen as a lead soloist for Carmina Burana at Carnegie Hall and for the Bravissimo Bel Canto concert at Maryland Opera. Previously, Andrew débuted with Arizona Opera as Escamillo in Carmen and Opera Omaha as Lorenzo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, performed the role of Montano in Pacific Symphony’s Otello, returned to Palm Beach Opera as Danilo in The Merry Widow, and joined Cleveland Opera Theater for their concert Shakespeare in Cleveland.

Mr. Manea has been heard frequently at the San Francisco Opera since making his mainstage début as an Adler Fellow in the role of Marullo in Rigoletto. During his tenure, he also performed the Huntsman/Gamekeeper in Rusalka, Sciarrone in Tosca, the Marchese d’Obigny in La Traviata, and in the world premiere of John Adams’ Girls of the Golden West.

Other highlights include Marcello in La bohème with Shreveport Opera, #7 in Transformations with the Merola Opera Program, and Escamillo in Carmen in Wuhan, China. With Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, he sang Danilo in The Merry Widow, the Father in Hänsel und Gretel, and the Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen. On the concert stage, he made his Schwabacher Recital début with esteemed pianist Warren Jones.

Manea is lauded for his concert performances across the United States, having been featured in the San Francisco Opera’s Schwabacher Recital Series two years in a row: in 2018 with Warren Jones and in 2017 he performed Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch. Additionally in 2017, Andrew sang Fauré’s Requiem with Manhattan Concert Productions and the University of Akron Choir & Orchestra, while for Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music he was the baritone soloist in Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Manea is popular in sacred halls, and especially so with the famed Kirk in the Hills in Michigan, having been invited back many times to perform works such as Handel’s Messiah and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs and Fantasia on Christmas Carols. Manea has also joined Fort Street Presbyterian for Mozart’s Requiem and the First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham for Cooman’s The Acts of the Apostles.

Manea was awarded First Place and Audience Favorite in the Mary Jacobs Smith Singer of the Year Competition with Shreveport Opera, was a Semifinalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, earned Second Place and Audience Favorite in the Opera Columbus Cooper-Bing International Vocal Competition, was a Finalist in the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition, and was a Career Grant recipient in the Giulio Gari Foundation Competition.

A native of Troy, Michigan, Mr. Manea holds his bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he studied with the prolific Bill McGraw.