Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
Teatro Villamarta (Jerez) 18/06/2021
Opera World - Robert Benito
Baritone
Reviews
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
Teatro Villamarta (Jerez) 10/06/2021
Platea Magazine - Javier del Olivo
"... Today is the turn of a fabulous Figaro by Manel Esteve ... what Figaro has signed! Great in every way. Esteve has a baritonal timbre of a color very suitable for this role,and his first aria, the famous Largo al factotum della città, demonstrated (as the audience recognized in a warm and long ovation) all the qualities of that voice: a perfect diction, an excellent projection and power but always measuring the volume, without exaggeration or vain exhibitionism, and an innate elegance when facing a role so well known and therefore in which it is more difficult to camouflage any fault. There was not in this aria, nor was there in the rest of his interventions, always accompanied by an acting performance of a high level. He really was a wonderful Figaro..."
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
Teatro Villamarta (Jerez) 11/06/2021
Scherzo - Andrés Moreno Mengíbar
"...Manel Esteve's Figaro was a model of vocal power, but a power sustained by a voice with a very rounded timbre that was used with an expressive sense based on regulations and accents. The diabolical passages of the "silabato" chant sounded clear and fluent, and his phrasing was rooted in the most pure stile "buffo"....."
Pagliacci (Silvio)
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 10/12/2019
Ópera Actual - Marcelo Cervelló
"...Manel Esteve contributed an optimal result to her interpretation of Silvio, clearly surpassing what was offered by her colleague from the first cast."
Pagliacci (Silvio)
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 29/12/2019
Platea Magazine - Jordi Maddaleno
"...Pleasant interpretive and vocal performance of the Silvio of the Catalan baritone Manel Esteve. The voice always present, careful phrasing, warmth and colors and a generous acting performance made him shine next to the correct Nedda by Dinara Allieva. Together they starred in the beautiful duo of Nedda-Silvio, where both offered one of the most attractive moments of the show. You fill up vocal, acting delivery and emotion with the baton of Henrik Nánasi that seemed to highlight the sound intricacies of this musical oasis in a score where the drama bursts everywhere. Many wondered why Manel Esteve was not in the first cast. Impeccable in his Oh Colombina the Beppe of the tenor Vicenç Esteve, always reliable actor and singer who showed tables and canopy empathy for a saga, that of the Esteve, who continues writing his esteemed and personal contribution to the history of the Liceu."
Pagliacci (Silvio)
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 11/12/2019
Scherzo - Javier Pérez Senz
"...As an interpreter of Silvio, Manel Esteve was notably superior, with a much more noble and careful phrasing..."
Pagliacci (Silvio)
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 10/12/2019
Barcelona Clàssica - Dani Cortés
"...The Silvio of Manel Esteve was the perfect complement, both for his performance (which in this production already begins in the previous opera) and vocal level. The dreamer duo between Nedda and Silvio was one of the highlights of the show."
Lucia di Lammermoor (Enrico)
ABAO (Bilbao) 29/10/2019
Platea Magazine - Alejandrom Martínez
"...Delivery, security and claw are the credentials that Manel Esteve exhibited with his Enrico, the duo between him and Bonilla not being in vain, in the second act, the most intense moment of the entire performance."
La Partenope (Beltramme)
Teatro Calderón (Valladolid) 16/05/2019
Ritmo.es - José María Morate Moyano
"...Special mention for the tenor-baritone couple (Eurilla-Beltramme) José Manuel Zapata and Manel Esteve, fantastic as actors and comic singers who covered with their grace Introduction and Intermediates, relaxing the operatic action. The session was round."
L’elisir d’amore (Belcore)
AAOS (Sabadell) 14/02/2019
Ara.cat - Jaume Radigales
"...Measured in histrionics and in a splendid vocal state, Manel Esteve gave life to the posh soldier Belcore, fantastic in his aria of entry and charismatic in the set numbers..."
L’elisir d’amore (Belcore)
AAOS (Sabadell) 6/03/2019
El punt avui - Dani Cortés Gil
"...Soldier Belcore, the third of the typical love triangle, was in charge of the baritone Manel Esteve. Rotund voice and excellent stage performance, quickly aroused the laughter among the audience..."
L’elisir d’amore (Belcore)
AAOS (Sabadell) 15/02/2019
Platea Magazine - Antoni Colomer
"...Who we have been following for a long time and we see a growth that has shot up in recent years is Manel Esteve. The baritone is in a superlative vocal moment. The voice is projected as a laser beam through the room, showing a warm and pulpy baritone's color, thanks to an impeccable coverage technique, that in some moments reminds it Leo Nucci. The musicality is also very careful and neither the agility, the Sillabati or the phrases of long breath pose the slightest problem ... he was the king of the party from the moment he entered the scene thanks to his charisma and acting skills .... we are facing a singer who is at a time of ideal maturity to assume roles of greater dramatic commitment..."
L’italiana in Algeri (Taddeo)
Gran Teatre del Liceu 26/12/2018
Ópera World - Roberto Benito
"...Another of the values of this cast has been the baritone Manel Esteve ... with a Taddeo of reference. Sure, powerful, with large doses of musicality and humor made his character one of the most cheered at the end of the show...."
L’italiana in Algeri (Taddeo)
Gran Teatre del Liceu 27/12/2018
Platea Magazine - Diego A. Civilotti
"...And one of the most applauded was, in all fairness, Manel Esteve..."
L’italiana in Algeri (Taddeo)
Gran Teatre del Liceu 12/12/2018
Docenotas - Ovidi de Cardona
"...... and Manel Esteve (Taddeo) gave good faith of the extraordinary lyrical school that Catalonia has..."
Il turco in Italia (Prosdocimo)
Ópera de Oviedo 07/10/2018
RemenveringStars - Natan González
"... Manel Esteve was an outstanding poet, wearing his usual virtues: beautiful color voice, irreproachable singing and a surprising acting ability. In the comic, of course, highlight the scene in which it is thrown by the sewer. On the vocal side, he knew how to take advantage of an uninteresting character, giving him a little less than unusual enhancement...."
Il turco in Italia (Prosdocimo)
Ópera de Oviedo 15/10/2018
Dignidad Digital - Cósima Wieck
"... Manel Esteve interpreted the writer in search of an argument ... the Prosdocimo poet, and he did it with solvency in all vocal fields, well placed voice, power in the broadcast, security in phrasing and uniformity in color. In addition, his comic was accredited..."
Il turco in Italia (Prosdocimo)
Ópera de Oviedo 15/10/2018
Ritmo - Enrique Bert
"... Manel Esteve embodied the role of the Poet and knew how to perform a more dedicated role in the recitative ... Esteve was brilliant and hilarious in the comic development of the role..."
Andrea Chénier (Mathieu)
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 10/03/2018
The cultural Critic- Steve Cohen
"... Manel Esteve is excellent as the revolutionary Mathieu..."
Andrea Chénier (Mathieu)
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 10/03/2018
infernemland - Joaquim
"... the always great Manel Esteve in a brilliant Mathieu..."
Manon (Lescaut)
ABAO (Bilbao) 26/01/2018
Klassikbidea - Nora Franco Madariaga
"...Manel Esteve Madrid as Lescaut was elegant in singing and performing."
Manon (Lescaut)
ABAO (Bilbao) 22/01/2018
Platea Magazine - Javier del Olivo
"...The Catalan baritone has excellent qualities that are always appreciated in his appearances ... ...but he had to listen to it in a role of more substance, where he could demonstrate all its quality, and the role of Lescaut, Manon's dissolute cousin, has been ideal for check it out. As an actor he was splendid and musically highlighted his excellent diction, the clarity of his singing, the job well done. Excellent and elegant in his stellar moment ("Oh, Rosalinde"), he did not detract from his teammates in the trio of the fourth act. Bravo."
Manon (Lescaut)
ABAO (Bilbao) 02/01/2018
Audio Clásica - Daniel Garay
"...Manel Esteve (Lescaut), Roberto Tagliavini (Le Comte des Grieux), Francisco Vas (Guillot Morfontaine) and Fernando Latorre (Monsieur de Brétigny), all of them of great individual vocal and theatrical quality, formed a reference team for any production of this Opera..."
Manon (Lescaut)
ABAO (Bilbao) 02/02/2018
Mundo Clásico - Jesús Aguado
"...Manel Esteve was Lescaut, Manon's cousin, and it was a pleasure to see him in a larger role than the compressors he usually embodies. He complied perfectly, his voice is robust without being coarse, with a beautiful baritone color, and as an actor he was also much more than convincing.."
La bohème (Schaunard)
Teatro Real (Madrid) 14/12/2017
Periodista digital - José Catalán Deus
"...the large Spanish contribution -Manel Esteve (Schaunard), Fernando Radó (Colline) and José Manuel Zapata (Benoît) - was perfect...."
La bohème (Schaunard)
Teatro Real (Madrid) 28/12/2017
Mundo Clásico - Germán García Tomás
"...In the magnificent team, the great vocal and acting unit of the Bohemians in the Schaunard of the Baritone Manel Esteve and the Colline of the Fernando Radó bass stand out...."
La bohème (Schaunard)
Teatro Real (Madrid) 12/12/2017
Codalario - Inés Tartiere
"...Manel Esteve as Schaunard continues to demonstrate his know-how for Spanish theaters, with the efficiency to which he has accustomed us, knowing how to take advantage of every moment, with that elegant and always well placed voice...."
El Cantor de México (Bilou)
Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid)/Festival lírico Oviedo 23/02/2018
Platea Magazine - Javier Labrada
"...In this context, the best voice of the night was, without a doubt, that of Manel Esteve, who signed an outstanding Bilou of great scenic delivery and plenty of vocal means, as demonstrated in “Guarrimba”, one of the numbers of the second act..."
El Cantor de México (Bilou)
Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid)/Festival lírico Oviedo 17/02/2018
La música en Siana - Pablo Siana
"...Of the protagonist trio, the Bilou of the baritone Manel Esteve stood out, both in his solos ("Yo soy el mejor", premonitory, "El tequila", and especially "Guarrimba, dios immortal" with the chorus) and in the famous duo with Vicente "Dos amigos así", and the trio al that Cricri joins..."
El Cantor de México (Bilou)
Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid)/Festival lírico Oviedo 07/10/2017
yovoyalteatro - Jonathan Fernández
"...Manel Esteve, baritone, as Bilou. Of the best of the night, intuitive and very timbred, served a function of height in the musical, within a role of not a few song difficulties, especially in his last song, and that Esteve solves perfectly. Beautiful phrasing and beautiful voice that shines a lot in the middle and acute area.
As an actor he is magnificent, of great naturalness, and delicious in all his interventions, giving Bilou a certain innocence very achieved and in total harmony with the character...."
Il viaggio a Reims (D. Alvaro)
Gran teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 22/09/2017
Revista Musical Catalana - Redacció
"...He also liked the performance of Manel Esteve as Don Álvaro, in a role perfecly adapted to his voice and personality...."
Il viaggio a Reims (D. Alvaro)
Gran teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 15/09/2017
El núvol - Toni Colomer
"...The group of male voices was rounded by Manel Esteve, with unquestionable theatrical talent and a solid and perfectly projected baritonal color..."
Il viaggio a Reims (D. Alvaro)
Gran teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) 22/09/2017
Platea Magazine- Alejandro Martínez
"... Sabina Puértolas, Maite Beaumont, Manel Esteve and Lawrence Brownlee were a luxury..."
Andrea Chénier (Roucher)
ABAO (Bilbao) 01/06/2017
mundoclasico.com - Jesús Aguado
"... Very well Manel Esteve as Roucher, Chénier's friend to whom the poet will dictate his last verses before he died, his voice broad and masterfully managed and his dramatic conviction left him wanting to listen more closely..."
Andrea Chénier (Roucher)
ABAO (Bilbao) 21/05/2017
Platea Magazine - Javier del Olivo
"... Baritone Manel Esteve as Roucher, Chénier's friend, was, as always, at a great vocal and interpretive level..."
Turandot (Ping)
Festival Castell de Peralada 13/08/2016
Opera World - Roberto Benito
"... Other winners of the night were the Ping-Pang-Pong ministers, respectively played by Manel Esteve, Francisco Vas and Viçens Esteve Madrid.
Vocally they were magnificent with a filling in the ensembles since their stage presentation in the first act and taking care of the different solo interventions of the second, in which he highlighted, for having a more extensive role, the Ping of Manel Esteve with a careful phrasing, without Be carried away by a forced broadcast, rounding the story of the start of the second act, as well as the most lyrical part of the third "Ho una casa nell'Honan" and adapting the vocality and drama of the third act its vocality. To his singing quality he joined his great scenic capacity being the only ones that truly moved the theatrical action...."
Turandot (Ping)
Festival Castell de Peralada 07/08/2016
El País -Javier Pérez Senz
"... Impeccable, by voice and theatrical success, the trio of imperial ministers formed by the baritone Manel Esteve and the tenors Francisco Vas and Vicenç Esteve Madrid..."
Turandot (Ping)
Festival Castell de Peralada 08/08/2016
ABC - Pablo Meléndez-Haddad
"... Fantastic Vicenç and Manel Esteve brothers in their roles..."
Pagliacci (Silvio)
Palacio Euskalduna (ABAO) 12/05/2015
Revista musical catalana - Roberto Benito
"... Barcelona's baritone Manel Esteve reaffirmed his ascendant career in the opera houses of our country with a cool Silvio, credible physically and vocally. His duet together with Nedda was one of the most lyrical moments of the night. Round voice, technical security, perfect voice projection and a very elaborate stage presence make us guess most ambitious projects for this young singer."
Pagliacci (Silvio)
Palacio Euskalduna (ABAO) 07/05/2015
Mundoclasico - Jesús Aguado