Manuel Amati was born in Martina Franca in 1996. He began his musical studies as a tenor at the age of 13 with the soprano Francesca Ruospo. He deepened the study of repertoire and style with Vincenzo Scalera, Roberto Scandiuzzi and Pietro Spagnoli; he is currently studying with Domenico Colaianni. In 2015 Manuel studied at Scuola dell’Opera of Teatro Comunale
of Bologna. There he prepared his debut on stage as Borsa in Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi at Teatro G. Verdi of Busseto on the occasion of Festival Verdi. In 2016 he performed as Albazar in Il turco in Italia by G. Rossini at Teatro Municipale of Piacenza, Teatro Alighieri of Ravenna, Teatro Comunale L. Pavarotti of Modena and Salzburger Landestheater. In the same year he was Conte Alberto in L’occasione fa il ladro by G. Rossini at Teatro Regio of Parma,he sang as Don Ramiro in a reduction of La Cenerentola by G. Rossini at Teatro Regio of Torino; he was Conte di Almaviva in a reduction of Il barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini at Teatro Comunale of Bologna. He took part of the activities of La Fabbrica-Young Artist Program of Teatro dell’Opera of Roma with Riccardo Frizza and Roberto Frontali. He played the role of Conte d’Almaviva for Figaro! Operacamion , a project planned by Teatro dell’Opera of Roma and by Teatro Massimo of Palermo. He joined the role of Tenente in La scuola de’ Gelosi by A. Salieri at Teatro Salieri of Legnago, Teatro Comunale of Belluno, Teatro Marrucino of Chieti, Teatro Ristori of Verona, Teatro Pergolesi of Jesi and Teatro Goldoni of Firenze. From November 2016 to June 2018 Manuel joined of the Academy of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Opera di Firenze where he studied with worldwide famous artists such as Alfonso Antoniozzi, Richard Barker, Fiorenza Cedolins, Bruno De Simone, Sonia Ganassi, Chris Merritt, Italo Nunziata and Matteo Pais. He took part of the productions of the Theatre: he was Tamino in a reduction of Die Zauberflöte by W. A. Mozart; he was Don Gaspar in La favorite by G. Donizetti, with the conduction of Fabio Luisi and published in CD and DVD by the record company Dynamic. He played the role of Evandro in Alceste by C. W. Gluck, with Pierluigi Pizzi as director and Federico Maria Sardelli as conductor. He sang Requiem by Mozart and Fantasia corale op. 80 by L. W. Beethoven, conducting Fabio Luisi, published by Maggio Live and by the music magazine Amadeus. He was Conte d’Almaviva in a reduction of Il barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini, Pastore II in La Dafne by M. da Gagliano at Buontalenti’s cave-Boboli Gardens with Federico Maria Sardelli as conductor. He performed as Remendado in Carmen by G. Bizet with the conduction of Matteo Beltrami and the direction of Leo Muscato.In May 2016 he sang in a tournée in China at embassies and auditorium in Pechino, Shanghai, Macao, Guangzou, Hong Kong. In 2017 he was Biondello in L’oca del Cairo by W. A. Mozart at Teatro Massimo of Palermo; he was also Conte Bellezza in Le donne vendicate by N. Piccini at Festival della Valle d’Itria of Martina Franca. He performed in Catulli Carmina by C. Orff with the choir of Teatro Petruzzelli at Bari’s Cathedral and at Teatro Comunale of Bologna. In 2018 he sang Thamos, König in Äegypten by W. A. Mozart at Teatro Massimo of Palermo with the conduction of Gabriele Ferro. He debuted the role of Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola by G. Rossini at Teatro Politeama Greco of Lecce and Teatro Verdi of Brindisi. In summer 2018 he took part of Accademia Rossiniana of Pesaro where he studied with Ernesto Palacio, Juan Diego Florez and Franco Fussi. He debuted as Cavalier Belfiore in Il viaggio a Reims by G. Rossini at Teatro Rossini of Pesaro for the Rossini Opera Festival. He also opened Patty Smith’s concert in the same theatre. He debuted as Conte d’Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini at Teatro Comunale Opera Giocosa of Savona. In 2019 Manuel was cover of the role of Dorvil in La scala di seta of G. Rossini with the direction of Damiano Michieletto at the Royal Opera House of Muscat where he performed also in a concert accompanied by Vincenzo Scalera.He is Frontino in L’equivoco stravagante by G. Rossini at Rossini Opera Festival and  Alì in Adina by G. Rossini at Wexford Opera Festival . He did some concert in a Tournée at Kyoto (Kyoto Concert Hall), Nagoya, Tokyo (Yamaha Concert Hall), Saitama (Saitama Arts Center)