He also attended the Yale School of Music and Bavarian State Opera Opernstudio.

He made his American operatic debut at the age of 26 in the title role of Eugene Onegin with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

He has been seen in the title roles of Eugene Onegin, Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Joseph De Rocher (Dead Man Walking) and Don Giovanni, as well as in the roles of Conte Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Valentin (Faust), Marcello (La bohème), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Robert (Iolanta), The Captain (The Death of Klinghoffer), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) and Zurga (The Pearl Fishers), among many others.

Magiera has performed with conductors such as Kent Nagano, Riccardo Frizza, Vladimir Jurowski, Yu Long, Fabio Luisi and Emmanuel Villaume among others.

[3] Magiera has received awards from numerous national and international competitions and organizations throughout his career, including those from: