Manuel Piratelli studied with the baritone Carlo Meliciani and later deepened and perfected his technique with the baritone Federico Longhi. He made his debut with L'ELISIR D'AMORE at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, which was followed by invitations to many important opera houses. His repertoire alternates between lyric tenor roles (Nemorino/L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Ismaele/NABUCCO, Fenton/FALSTAFF, Rossillon/LA VEDOVA ALLEGRA, Rinuccio/GIANNI SCHICCHI) and character roles, for which he can be considered a true specialist. He made his debut at La Scala in Milan in the opening production of the 2017/18 season as Abate/ANDREA CHÈNIER conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Mario Martone.

His most recent engagements include Bernstein's TROUBLE IN TAHITI at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Pang/TURANDOT at Teatro Regio in Turin, Eisenstein/DIE FLEDERMAUS at Teatro Verdi in Trieste and Tebaldo/I VESPRI SICILIANI at Teatro Comunale in Bologna.

He already has performed in important opera houses such as Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Regio in Parma, Monte-Carlo Opera, as well as at important festivals such as Macerata Opera Festival, Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, the Ente Concerti Marialisa in Sassari, the Circuito Opera Lombardia, and the Donizetti Foundation in Bergamo.

Manuel has sung under conductors such as Paolo Arrivabeni, Andrea Battistoni, Riccardo Chailly, Ivan Ciampa, Gabriele Ferro, Riccardo Frizza, Valerio Galli, Fabio Luisi, Oksana Lyniv, Diego Matheuz Donato Renzetti, Andriy Yurkevich, Massimo Zanetti and worked with important directors such as Daniele Abbado , Andrea Bernard, Fabio Ceresa, Filippo Crivelli, Rosetta Cucchi, Emma Dante, Denis Krief, Pier Francesco Maestrini, Mario Martone, Damiano Michieletto, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Jacopo Spirei, Graham Vick, Franco Zeffirelli and the duo Luigi di Gangi / Ugo Giacomazzi.

CD recordings have been released by Dynamic (Pong/TURANDOT, Flavio/NORMA, Roderigo /OTELLO, Abdallo/NABUCCO), Tactus (Malcolm/MACBETH, Desiré/FEDORA) and Major (Abate/ANDREA CHÈNIER).

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