Eleonora Buratto - Mimì

One of the most interesting voice of her generation, Ms Buratto regularly sings in prestigious opera houses, under the baton of important conductors as: Ottavio Dantone, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Stefano Montanari, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Gianandrea Noseda, Juraj Valčuha.

After her successes as Micaela in Carmen for the opening night of the season at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Zubin Mehta conducting, and as Norina in Don Pasquale at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Maurizio Benini conducting, Eleonora Buratto recently made her debut at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège singing Mozart’s Requiem.

Plans include: Musetta in La Bohème and Micaela in Carmen (Harry Bicket conducting) at the Lyric Opera in Chicago; La Bohème (Mimì) in Zurich; Le Nozze di Figaro (Contessa d’Almaviva) at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam (c. Ivor Bolton- d. David Bösch) and with the Wiener Staatsoper on tour in Japan; Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) at the Grand Theatre De Provence in Aix-en-Provence; Don Pasquale (Norina) at La Scala in Milan, Riccardo Chailly conducting; Micaela in Carmen at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London. Ms Buratto will return to the Metropolitan Opera in New York engaged in important production.

Saimir Pirgu - Rodolfo

Recent successes include: La Traviata and King Roger at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London under the baton of Antonio Pappano, Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto and Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore in Vienna; Alfredo in a new production of La Traviata in Berlin under the baton of Daniel Barenboim; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Arena in Verona, Stefano Montanari conducting; Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera in Tel Aviv with Zubin Mehta;Rigoletto in Toulouse Daniel Oren conducting; Falstaff in Chicago at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting; Verdi’sRequiem in Amsterdam with Marc Albrecht and in Paris with Gianandrea Noseda and the Orchestre de Paris; Puccini’s Messa di Gloria at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Paolo Arrivabeni conducting; Verdi’s Requiemwith the Orchestre Philarmonique du Luxembourg; Berlioz’s Requiem Op.5 with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev conducting in Moscow and on tour in Vienna, San Sebastian and Oviedo. Saimir Pirgu was recently engaged in a world concert tour presenting his new solo album Il mio canto, published by Opus Arte.

Other plans include: Don Giovanni at the Wiener Staatsoper; a new production of Madama Butterfly in Zurich; La Damnation de Faust (Faust) at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; Macbeth and Roméo et Juliette at the Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; revivals of King Roger at the Sydney Opera House, Andrea Molino conducting; a new production of Rigoletto at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, Damiano Michieletto directing; L’Elisir d’Amore at the New National Theatre in Tokyo; Simon Boccanegra and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. On the concert side, Mr. Pirgu will sing Verdi’s Requiem in Barcelona with the London Symphony Orchestra, in Madrid with Orquesta Nacionales de Espana and in London with the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko at the Royal Festival Hall; series of concerts in Taiwan; a gala concert at the Chorégies d’Orange.