Esteve, Vicente

Ultimate Puccini Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Le Villi; Turandot; Edgar, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Ariostini, Armando; Bartolini, Lando; Boschkowa, Nelly; Bou, Felipe; Carroli, Silvano; Deguci, Masako; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Esteve, Vicente; Gauci, Miriam; Gonzales, Carmen; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Halász, Michael; Lenárd, Ondrej

Puccini’s fascination with exotic locations, doomed heroines, high drama and tragic romance are brought to centre stage in this immensely moving selection from his greatest...continue...

Braunfels: Prinzessin Brambilla / Belardinelli, et al

2 CD / Marco Polo / 2005-10-18

Works: Walter Braunfels: Prinzessin Brambilla, opera
Performers: Esteve, Vicente; Forte, Elena Lo; Gubanova, Ekaterina; Kempster, Stewart; Marabelli, Enrico; Massi, Riccardo; Paul, Peter; Shaw, Eric; Sved, Alessandro
Conductors: Belardinelli, Danilo
Ensemble: Wexford Festival Opera Chorus

This delightful performance of Braunfels little known comic opera Prinzessin Brambilla comes to us from the 2004 Wexford Festival Opera. The libretto is based on...continue...

Opera Explained - Puccini: Turandot

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Puccini's "Turandot", narration with musical excerpts
Performers: Ariostini, Armando; Bartolini, Lando; Bou, Felipe; Casolla, Giovanna; Deguci, Masako; Esteve, Vicente; Garcia-Quijada, Jose A.; Gerrikabeitia, Gorka; Heredia, Francisco; Mas, Javier
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander

This installment of the Opera Explained series tackles 'Turandot', one of Puccini's grandest and most sweeping operas. The opera was nearly completed when Puccini died,...continue...

Weinberger: Svanda Dudák / Reynolds, Robavs, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Jaromir Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper
Performers: Choupenitch, Ivan; Esteve, Vicente; Kostyuk, Larisa; Monogarova, Tatiana; Robavs, Matjaz; Ruane, Sean; Teliga, Alexander
Conductors: Reynolds, Julian
Ensemble: Wexford Festival Opera Chorus

Jaromir Weinberger's 'one-hit wonder', Svanda Dudak, is a colorful folk-opera centered on the comic antics of the eponymous bagpiper Svanda's instrument possesses magic powers which...continue...

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette / Carreras, Wise, Rydl

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-08-17

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Aparici, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Esteve, Vicente; Gaspa, Conrad; Heilbron, Alfredo; Hernandez, Carmen; Monachesi, Walter; Rydl, Kurt [Bass Vocals]; Serra, Enrique; Soto, Eduardo; Wi...
Conductors: Delacôte, Jacques