Manel Esteve

He studied music at the municipal conservatory of Barcelona and singing with his father, the baritone Vicenç Esteve. He has also received lessons with singers of the stature as Joan Pons, Jaume Aragall, Bonaldo Giagiotti, Eduard Giménez, Carlos Chausson and Rolando Panerai. He was awarded at the international singing contests “Pedro Lavirgen” and “Manuel Ausensi”.
In 1999 he makes his debut at the “Gran teatre del Liceu” in Barcelona with the role of Uberto La serva padrona. In 2000 he plays the role of Papageno in La petita flauta màgica. From 2000 starts an important activity as lyric singer that take him to participate in the most important seasons and festivals of the Spanish musical scene –Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Palau de la Música Catalana, ABAO, Teatro de la Maestranza, Ópera de Oviedo, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, ACO, Òpera Menorca, AAOS,  Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Teatre Principal de Mallorca, Teatro calderón, Teatro Arriaga, Quincena musical de S. Sebastián o Festival Castell de Peralada.
He worked with conductors such as: Renato Palumbo, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Sebastian Weigle, Josep Pons, Paolo Carignani, Óliver Díaz, Fabrizio Maria Carminati, Stefano Ranzani, Michele Mariotti, Michael Boder, Patrick Davin, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Josep Caballé, Ivor Bolton, Giampaolo Bisanti, José Miguel Pérez Sierra, Riccardo Frizza, Alain guingal, Carlos Aragón, Iván López-Reynoso, Pinchas Steinberg and Giacomo Sagripanti.
He also worked with renowned directors such as: Emilio Sagi, Terry Gilliam, Christof Loy, Giancarlo del Monaco, Laurent Pelly, Sergio Renán, Mario Gas, Joan Font (Comediants), Paco López, Alfonso Romero, Joan Antón Rechi, Sonja Frisell, John Copley, Peter Konwitscny, Olivier Py, Arnaud Bernard, Deborah Warner, David Mc Vicar, Richard Jones, Damiano Michieletto.
He collaborated with important orchestras, where he mainly interpreted symphonic repertoire. It is worth noting his participation in Carmina Burana at the Palau de la música catalana in Barcelona with the orchestra and chorus of RTVE, (Rádio Televisión Española), directed by A. Leapner, in the commemoration of the 50th aniversary of RTVE in Catalonia.
Worth noting among his performances are Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Taddeo L’italiana in Algeri,  Don Alvaro Il Viaggio a Reims, Prosdocimo Il turco in Italia, Silvio Pagliacci, Dottor Malatesta Don Pasquale, Severo Poliuto, Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor, Papageno Die Zauberflöte, Schaunard La Bohème, Ping Turandot,  Des Grieux Le portrait de Manon, Lescaut Manon, Mathieu/Roucher Andrea Chénier, Bosun Billy Budd, Spalanzani Les contes d’Hoffmann, Uberto La serva padrona, Bilou El cantor de México, Lamparilla El barberillo de Lavapiés, Julián/Don Hilarión La verberna de la Paloma, El General El rey que rabió.
All with recognized artists such as: Sondra Radvanovsky. Maria Guleghina, Daniela Dessi, Isabel Rey, Anna Tomowa Sintow, Iréne Theorin, Fiorenza Cedolins, Ainhoa Arteta, Irina Lungu, Sabina Puértolas, Nora Amsellem, Inva Mula, Daniella Barcellona, Josep Carreras, Jonas Kaufmann, Jorge de León, Roberto Aronica, Michael Fabiano, Gregory Kunde, Fabio Armiliato, Lawrence Brownlee, Marcelo Álvarez, Marco Berti, Francisco Casanova, Celso Albelo, Juan Francisco Gatell, Edgardo Rocha, Carlos Álvarez,  Pietro Spagnoli, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Ángel Ódena,Alessandro Corbelli, Carlos Chausson, Lorenzo Regazzo, Carlo Colombara, Roberto Tagliavini, Simón Orfila, Andrea Mastroni.