Saimir Pirgu stars in an exclusive recital for the Monteverdi concert series in Castiglioncello del Trinoro

Saimir Pirgu

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Concert

Castiglioncello del Trinoro

Saimir Pirgu
Elda Laro

Saimir Pirgu stars in an exclusive recital
for the Monteverdi concert series in Castiglioncello del Trinoro

Concert program

The wings of love

between dream and reality

G. Bononcini (1670- 1747) “Per la gloria d’adorarvi” from La Griselda (1722)

G. W. Gluck (1714- 1787) “O del mio dolce ardor” from Paride ed Elena (1770)

A. Scarlatti (1660- 1725) “Già il sole del Gange” from L’honestà negli amori (1680)

W. A. Mozart (1756- 1791)“Del mio sublime soglio” from La Clemenza di Tito (1791)

“Il mio tesoro intanto” from Don Giovanni (1787)

G. Rossini (1792- 1868) “La Danza” (Tarantella) from Les soirées musicales (1835)

F. Chopin (1810- 1849) Minute Waltz op. 64 n. 1in D Flat Major (1847)

F. Liszt (1811- 1886) “Mormorii della foresta” (Vivace) from Zweikonzertetüden S. 145 (1863)

G. Verdi (1813- 1901) “Forse la soglia attinse... Ma se m'è forza perderti” from Un Ballo in Maschera (1858)

“La mia letizia infondere” from I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843)

L. V. Beethoven (1770- 1827) Sonata for piano op. 21 n. 2 “Quasi una fantasia”

G. Bizet (1838- 1875) “La fleur que tu m'avais jetée” from Carmen (1875)

F. Cilea (1866- 1950)“È la solita storia del pastore” from L’Arlesiana (1897)

Castiglioncello del Trinoro, Monteverdi Concerts Series, Chiesa di Sant’Andrea, August 21

Saimir Pirgu (tenor)

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Elda Laro (piano)

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IN EVIDENZA

Saimir Pirgu stars in the title role of Gounod’s Faust at the Opernhaus in Zürich 24/10/2022 12.09.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen in Rome. Giulia Mazzola sings Frasquita 13/07/2022 15.04.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to the Arena in Verona starring in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Erina Yashima conducting 19/08/2021 16.09.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Myung-Whun Chung conducting 21/07/2021 14.10.00
Saimir Pirgu and Adriana Di Paola star in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in Rome, Donato Renzetti conducting and Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) directing 14/07/2021 17.48.00
Saimir Pirgu and Ekaterina Bakanova star in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, new production by Andreas Homoki 09/04/2021 16.15.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in the TV opera movie La Traviata, directed by Mario Martone and conducted by Daniele Gatti from the Rome Opera. Anastasia Boldyreva completes the cast as Flora. 09/04/2021 11.20.00
Saimir Pirgu, Sergio Vitale and Daniela Cappiello star in a special New Year’s concert, broadcast from the Ravello Festival 28/12/2020 12.06.00
Saimir Pirgu and Nicola Alaimo star in a special concert gala with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno conducting 19/11/2020 17.50.00
Marco Armiliato returns to the podium of the Orchestra of the Arena in Verona conducting Mozart’s Requiem for the victims of Covid-19. Saimir Pirgu stars in the cast 29/07/2020 11.14.00
Marco Armiliato conducts the exciting opening gala of the Arena in Verona, in the stellar cast, Saimir Pirgu and Riccardo Zanellato 21/07/2020 14.57.00
Sara Mingardo and Saimir Pirgu to star in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Antonio Pappano conducting 21/07/2020 9.08.00
Markus Werba and Saimir Pirgu star in Tchaikovsky’s Evgenij Onegin at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, James Conlon conducting and Robert Carsen directing. Andrea Giovannini completes the cast as Triquet 14/02/2020 12.56.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting gala concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Paolo Arrivabeni conducting 02/01/2020 17.56.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in the New Year Concert at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Omer Meir Wellber conducting 31/12/2019 11.44.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting Christmas gala Concert at the National Theater & Concert Hall in Taipei Andriy Yurkevych conducting 11/12/2019 17.52.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Australia starring the title role of Gounod’s Faust , production by David McVicar 26/11/2019 15.00.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Don José in Carmen at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin 14/10/2019 17.37.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Greek National Opera in Athens 26/07/2019 10.08.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Faust in La Damnation de Faust in Birmingham with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner conducting 24/06/2019 16.17.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to the Teatro San Carlo, performing in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in the frame of Beethoven Marathon with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and Juraj Valčuha conducting 19/06/2019 16.14.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore at the Wiener Staatsoper 14/06/2019 16.11.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Berlioz’s Requiem in Vienna with the Wiener Symphoniker and Philippe Jordan conducting 22/05/2019 15.27.00
Saimir Pirgu and Giovanni Meoni star in a new production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Ferzan Ozpetek directing and Gabriele Ferro conducting 15/04/2019 16.30.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in the title role of Massenet’s Werther at the New National Theatre in Tokyo 19/03/2019 9.54.00
Sara Mingardo, Saimir Pirgu and Mika Kares star in Mozart’s Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting 19/02/2019 18.05.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Faust in La Damnation de Faust at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Philippe Jordan conducting 13/02/2019 17.42.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Vienna, starring as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper, Marco Armiliato conducting 28/01/2019 11.42.00
Saimir Pirgu, Leon Kim, Agostina Smimmero, Isabella Lee, Massimiliano Catellani and Emanuele Cordaro star in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, season opening night at the Teatro Regio in Parma, Sebastiano Rolli conducting 11/01/2019 17.47.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting Verdi’s gala at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie and Jérémie Rhorer conducting 18/12/2018 10.09.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in a new production of La Traviata at the Le Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Deborah Warner directing and Jérémie Rhorer conducting 27/11/2018 15.00.00
Marianna Pizzolato, Saimir Pirgu and Riccardo Zanellato star in Verdi’s Requiem in Turin with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and James Conlon conducting 22/10/2018 15.48.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg in Paris and Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno conducting 02/10/2018 11.31.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on tour in Bangkok with the Teatro di San Carlo of Naples, Zubin Mehta conducting 12/09/2018 15.20.00
Saimir Pirgu and Sandra Pastrana star in Carmen on tour in Bangkok with the Teatro di San Carlo of Naples, Zubin Mehta conducting 11/09/2018 18.04.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Zubin Metha conducting 31/08/2018 18.14.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in an exclusive recital for the Monteverdi concert series in Castiglioncello del Trinoro 17/08/2018 11.43.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Duke of Mantua in a new production of Rigoletto for the San Carlo Opera Festival in Naples 13/07/2018 16.04.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Beethoven’s IX Symphony in Caserta, Juraj Valčuha conducting 27/06/2018 11.02.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich singing Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto 15/06/2018 16.36.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the Orchestre du Capitole in Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev conducting 06/06/2018 13.24.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in a exciting all-Verdi gala concert at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Paolo Arrivabeni conducting 24/05/2018 11.09.00
Saimir Pirgu and Giulio Mastrototaro to star in an exciting Gala concert at the Spring Festival in Tokyo, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Rossini’s death 26/03/2018 17.35.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’amore at the New National Theatre in Tokyo 13/03/2018 17.34.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Roméo in Roméo et Juliet at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Josep Pons conducting 13/02/2018 18.13.00
Saimir Pirgu adds new role to his repertoire starring as Pinkerton in a new production of Madama Butterfly in Zurich 07/12/2017 10.18.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem for the first time with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducting 18/10/2017 16.37.00
Saimir Pirgu and Gezim Myshketa star in Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples 06/10/2017 14.46.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in La Traviata at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, production by Franco Zeffirelli and Evelino Pidó conducting 01/09/2017 12.33.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to the Arena in Verona starring in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Daniel Oren conducting 28/07/2017 11.20.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting solo recital in Winterthur 07/07/2017 11.18.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the Orchesta Nacionales de España in Madrid and Granada 27/06/2017 17.34.00
Saimir Pirgu makes his Dutch National Opera debut singing as Duke of Mantua in a new production of Rigoletto, Damiano Michieletto directing 08/05/2017 15.49.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in La Damnation de Faust at the Bolshoi Theater, Tugan Sokhiev conducting and Peter Stein directing 06/04/2017 15.10.00
Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Naples featuring Saimir Pirgu, Giuseppe Tommaso, Riccardo Zanellato and Dario Russo 21/03/2017 16.56.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to the Wiener Staatsoper as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Adam Fisher conducting 27/02/2017 10.36.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in King Roger at the Opera Australia, Andrea Molino conducting 19/01/2017 16.19.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting Christmas concert in Taichung 22/12/2016 12.14.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Don Giovanni at the Theater an der Wien, Ivor Bolton conducting 07/12/2016 16.40.00
Congratulations to Saimir Pirgu, winner of the “Verona Lirica Award 2016”, Daniele Terenzi will participate in the Gala Concert 11/11/2016 18.47.00
Martina Serafin, Saimir Pirgu and Alessandro Guerzoni star in Macbeth for the opening night of the season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona 05/10/2016 17.00.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda conducting at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona 12/09/2016 11.36.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting gala concert at the Les Chorégies d'Orange Festival 22/07/2016 17.38.00
Saimir Pirgu makes his debut as Faust in a new production of Hector Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Tugan Sokhiev conducting and Peter Stein directing 21/07/2016 16.15.00
Eleonora Buratto and Saimir Pirgu star in La Bohème at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Marc Piollet conducting and Jonathan Miller directing 17/06/2016 10.57.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Berlin, singing Alfredo in La Traviata at the Deutsche Oper 29/04/2016 13.28.00
Eleonora Buratto, Saimir Pirgu and Luca Dall’Amico star in Falstaff with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting in Chicago 20/04/2016 11.52.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Berlioz’s Requiem Op.5 with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and Tugan Sokhiev conducting on tour in Moscow, Vienna, San Sebastian and Oviedo 04/04/2016 15.36.00
Tamar Iveri and Saimir Pirgu star in Verdi’s Requiem with the Orchestre Philarmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno conducting 23/03/2016 17.57.00
Stage Door is delighted to announce SAIMIR PIRGU’s World tour presenting his new solo album IL MIO CANTO 24/02/2016 18.03.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the Orchestre de Paris, Gianandrea Noseda conducting 08/02/2016 18.11.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in La Traviata at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Yves Abel conducting 14/01/2016 14.35.00
Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in La Traviata, new production at the Staatsoper Berlin (Schiller Theater), Daniel Barenboim conducting 22/12/2015 14.36.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Rigoletto in Toulouse, Daniel Oren conducting, production by Nicolas Joel 17/11/2015 16.09.00
Eleonora Buratto and Saimir Pirgu star in the Gala concert in honor of the 80th anniversary of birth of Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, with the Cherubini Orchestra and Riccardo Muti conducting 07/10/2015 9.51.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Puccini’s Messa di Gloria at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, with the Orchestre National de France and Paolo Arrivabeni conducting 06/10/2015 15.32.00
Saimir Pirgu sings Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at the Wiener Staatsoper 24/09/2015 16.10.00
Saimir Pirgu sings Verdi’s Requiem in Amsterdam with the Nederlandse Philharmonisch Orkest, Marc Albrecht conducting 07/09/2015 16.34.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Un Ballo in Maschera with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv, Zubin Mehta conducting 13/07/2015 17.28.00
Stefano Montanari makes his debut at the Arena in Verona conducting Don Giovanni. Saimir Pirgu stars as Don Ottavio 03/07/2015 15.25.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto at the Wiener Staatsoper, Evelino Pidò conducting, production by Pierre Audi 11/06/2015 18.17.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Staatsoper in Berlin 29/05/2015 14.09.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in the new production of King Roger at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Antonio Pappano conducting 29/04/2015 11.03.00
Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in La Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper, Marco Armiliato conducting 20/03/2015 16.07.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Mozart’s Requiem in Chicago with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting 17/02/2015 13.06.00
Saimir Pirgu sings an operatic recital at Wigmore Hall in London 06/02/2015 14.21.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Grand Opera Gala in aid of the Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung in Berlin, Donald Runnicles conducting 09/01/2015 11.29.00
Saimir Pirgu sings Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Irina Brook directing 19/12/2014 18.37.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Vienna singing Alfredo in Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper 04/12/2014 12.00.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Washington singing Rodolfo in La Bohème 30/10/2014 17.20.00
Saimir Pirgu on uk BP Big Screens singing Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto live broadcasted from the Royal Opera House in London 17/09/2014 11.51.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, under the brilliant baton of Maurizio Benini, David Mc Vicar directing 08/09/2014 15.11.00
Saimir Pirgu saves the day singing Verdi's Requiem at the Festival Internacional Quincena Musical in San Sebastian, under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin 25/08/2014 17.06.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Ravinia Festival, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and James Conlon conducting 04/08/2014 11.00.00
Saimir Pirgu and Riccardo Zanellato star in Verdi’s Requiem at the Ravenna Festivan, Redipuglia (Gorizia) and Lubjiana for the victims of the world wars, with the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini European Spirit of Youth Orchestra and Riccardo Muti conducting. Broadcast by television channels Rai, ORF, ZDF 04/07/2014 9.00.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Alfredo in La Traviata at the San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti conducting 09/06/2014 12.45.00
Saimir Pirgu star in Berlioz’ Messe Solennelle in Vienna with the Wiener Philarmoniker, Riccardo Muti conducting 08/05/2014 11.50.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in a Gala Concert with Angela Gheorghiu at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona 23/04/2014 11.31.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Los Angeles as Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood in Lucia di Lammermoor, James Conlon conducting 12/03/2014 11.39.00
Saimir Pirgu stars as Tito Vespasiano in La Clemenza di Tito at the Opéra National de Paris, Willy Decker directing 26/11/2013 11.32.00
Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in for Rigoletto at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich 18/10/2013 17.48.00
Saimir Pirgu sings Verdi’s Requiem in Munich and Vienna 03/10/2013 13.06.00
Saimir Pirgu will be awarded with the prestigious Pavarotti d’Oro Prize, Giulio Mastrototaro will participate at the Gala Concert 19/09/2013 13.47.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in two Verdi’s masterpieces: Requiem at the Festival Enescu in Bucarest, with the Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano conducting, and Rigoletto at the Barbican Centre in London with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda 11/09/2013 17.00.00
Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem in Grafenegg 06/09/2013 16.38.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to the Arena di Verona singing The Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto 05/08/2013 15.52.00
Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in La Traviata at Opernfestspiele in Munich 09/07/2013 15.27.00
Dario Solari and Saimir Pirgu, Macbeth and Macduff in Macbeth at the Teatro alla Pergola in Florence, James Conlon conducting and Graham Vick directing 12/06/2013 16.44.00
Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in Petite Messe Solennelle at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, then on tour in Vienna, Daniele Gatti conducting 06/05/2013 16.00.00
Saimir Pirgu sings Alfredo in Traviata at the Opernhaus Zurich 03/05/2013 10.34.00
Saimir Pirgu sings in Bach’s Mass in B minorwith the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Chicago, Riccardo Muti conducting 10/04/2013 15.12.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to the Metropolitan Opera in New York in one of his signature role, singing Alfredo 12/03/2013 11.27.00
Saimir Pirgu an exciting Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto in the new production at the Opernhaus in Zurich 31/01/2013 15.09.00
Saimir Pirgu sings Schubert’s Mass N.5, with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Munich, Riccardo Muti conducting. 19/12/2012 16.09.00
Saimir Pirgu and Cinzia Forte star in La Traviata for the opening night of the season at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples 03/12/2012 16.04.00
Saimir Pirgu in Recital at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse 15/11/2012 9.34.00
Saimir Pirgu and Paolo Rumetz star in L’Elisir d’Amore at the Wiener Staatsoper 06/11/2012 9.51.00
Saimir Pirgu to perform I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the San Francisco Opera 28/09/2012 9.22.00
Saimir Pirgu and Mario Cassi to star in Mercadante I Due Figaro at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Riccardo Muti conducting 23/08/2012 11.07.00
Saimir Pirgu to star in Berlioz Messe Solennelle at the Salzburg Festival, Riccardo Muti conducting. 30/07/2012 16.43.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Austria singing at the Styriarte Festival in Graz and at the Salzburg Festival under Harnoncourt and Muti 22/06/2012 13.00.00
Saimir Pirgu at the Wiener Festwochen as Alfredo in La Traviata in a new production by Deborah Warner, Omer Meir Wellber conducting 25/05/2012 11.44.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Paris as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. 04/04/2012 15.58.00
Saimir Pirgu makes his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, singing Rodolfo in La Bohème. 15/03/2012 13.24.00
Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in Gianni Schicchi at the Festival Puccini Plus in Lyon, live broadcast on February 11 by Mezzo Tv sinfonico. 10/02/2012 13.04.00
Saimir Pirgu to star in Iolanta and Francesca da Rimini in Vienna 12/01/2012 17.23.00
Saimir Pirgu makes his debut at the Washington National Opera as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor 04/11/2011 15.33.00
Saimir Pirgu returns to Los Angeles Opera 16/09/2011 0.00.00
Saimir Pirgu makes his debut in Verdi's Requiem 17/07/2008 0.00.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in the title role of Gounod’s Faust at the Opernhaus in Zürich

24/10/2022 12.09.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen in Rome. Giulia Mazzola sings Frasquita

13/07/2022 15.04.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to the Arena in Verona starring in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Erina Yashima conducting

19/08/2021 16.09.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Myung-Whun Chung conducting

21/07/2021 14.10.00

Saimir Pirgu and Adriana Di Paola star in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in Rome, Donato Renzetti conducting and Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) directing

14/07/2021 17.48.00

Saimir Pirgu and Ekaterina Bakanova star in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, new production by Andreas Homoki

09/04/2021 16.15.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in the TV opera movie La Traviata, directed by Mario Martone and conducted by Daniele Gatti from the Rome Opera. Anastasia Boldyreva completes the cast as Flora.

09/04/2021 11.20.00

Saimir Pirgu, Sergio Vitale and Daniela Cappiello star in a special New Year’s concert, broadcast from the Ravello Festival

28/12/2020 12.06.00

Saimir Pirgu and Nicola Alaimo star in a special concert gala with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno conducting

19/11/2020 17.50.00

Marco Armiliato returns to the podium of the Orchestra of the Arena in Verona conducting Mozart’s Requiem for the victims of Covid-19. Saimir Pirgu stars in the cast

29/07/2020 11.14.00

Marco Armiliato conducts the exciting opening gala of the Arena in Verona, in the stellar cast, Saimir Pirgu and Riccardo Zanellato

21/07/2020 14.57.00

Sara Mingardo and Saimir Pirgu to star in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Antonio Pappano conducting

21/07/2020 9.08.00

Markus Werba and Saimir Pirgu star in Tchaikovsky’s Evgenij Onegin at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, James Conlon conducting and Robert Carsen directing. Andrea Giovannini completes the cast as Triquet

14/02/2020 12.56.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting gala concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Paolo Arrivabeni conducting

02/01/2020 17.56.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in the New Year Concert at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Omer Meir Wellber conducting

31/12/2019 11.44.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting Christmas gala Concert at the National Theater & Concert Hall in Taipei Andriy Yurkevych conducting

11/12/2019 17.52.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Australia starring the title role of Gounod’s Faust , production by David McVicar

26/11/2019 15.00.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Don José in Carmen at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin

14/10/2019 17.37.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Greek National Opera in Athens

26/07/2019 10.08.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Faust in La Damnation de Faust in Birmingham with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner conducting

24/06/2019 16.17.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to the Teatro San Carlo, performing in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in the frame of Beethoven Marathon with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and Juraj Valčuha conducting

19/06/2019 16.14.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore at the Wiener Staatsoper

14/06/2019 16.11.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Berlioz’s Requiem in Vienna with the Wiener Symphoniker and Philippe Jordan conducting

22/05/2019 15.27.00

Saimir Pirgu and Giovanni Meoni star in a new production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Ferzan Ozpetek directing and Gabriele Ferro conducting

15/04/2019 16.30.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in the title role of Massenet’s Werther at the New National Theatre in Tokyo

19/03/2019 9.54.00

Sara Mingardo, Saimir Pirgu and Mika Kares star in Mozart’s Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting

19/02/2019 18.05.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Faust in La Damnation de Faust at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Philippe Jordan conducting

13/02/2019 17.42.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Vienna, starring as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper, Marco Armiliato conducting

28/01/2019 11.42.00

Saimir Pirgu, Leon Kim, Agostina Smimmero, Isabella Lee, Massimiliano Catellani and Emanuele Cordaro star in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, season opening night at the Teatro Regio in Parma, Sebastiano Rolli conducting

11/01/2019 17.47.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting Verdi’s gala at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie and Jérémie Rhorer conducting

18/12/2018 10.09.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in a new production of La Traviata at the Le Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Deborah Warner directing and Jérémie Rhorer conducting

27/11/2018 15.00.00

Marianna Pizzolato, Saimir Pirgu and Riccardo Zanellato star in Verdi’s Requiem in Turin with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and James Conlon conducting

22/10/2018 15.48.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg in Paris and Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno conducting

02/10/2018 11.31.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on tour in Bangkok with the Teatro di San Carlo of Naples, Zubin Mehta conducting

12/09/2018 15.20.00

Saimir Pirgu and Sandra Pastrana star in Carmen on tour in Bangkok with the Teatro di San Carlo of Naples, Zubin Mehta conducting

11/09/2018 18.04.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Zubin Metha conducting

31/08/2018 18.14.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in an exclusive recital for the Monteverdi concert series in Castiglioncello del Trinoro

17/08/2018 11.43.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Duke of Mantua in a new production of Rigoletto for the San Carlo Opera Festival in Naples

13/07/2018 16.04.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Beethoven’s IX Symphony in Caserta, Juraj Valčuha conducting

27/06/2018 11.02.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich singing Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto

15/06/2018 16.36.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the Orchestre du Capitole in Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev conducting

06/06/2018 13.24.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in a exciting all-Verdi gala concert at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Paolo Arrivabeni conducting

24/05/2018 11.09.00

Saimir Pirgu and Giulio Mastrototaro to star in an exciting Gala concert at the Spring Festival in Tokyo, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Rossini’s death

26/03/2018 17.35.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’amore at the New National Theatre in Tokyo

13/03/2018 17.34.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Roméo in Roméo et Juliet at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Josep Pons conducting

13/02/2018 18.13.00

Saimir Pirgu adds new role to his repertoire starring as Pinkerton in a new production of Madama Butterfly in Zurich

07/12/2017 10.18.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem for the first time with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducting

18/10/2017 16.37.00

Saimir Pirgu and Gezim Myshketa star in Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples

06/10/2017 14.46.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in La Traviata at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, production by Franco Zeffirelli and Evelino Pidó conducting

01/09/2017 12.33.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to the Arena in Verona starring in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Daniel Oren conducting

28/07/2017 11.20.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting solo recital in Winterthur

07/07/2017 11.18.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the Orchesta Nacionales de España in Madrid and Granada

27/06/2017 17.34.00

Saimir Pirgu makes his Dutch National Opera debut singing as Duke of Mantua in a new production of Rigoletto, Damiano Michieletto directing

08/05/2017 15.49.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in La Damnation de Faust at the Bolshoi Theater, Tugan Sokhiev conducting and Peter Stein directing

06/04/2017 15.10.00

Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Naples featuring Saimir Pirgu, Giuseppe Tommaso, Riccardo Zanellato and Dario Russo

21/03/2017 16.56.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to the Wiener Staatsoper as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Adam Fisher conducting

27/02/2017 10.36.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in King Roger at the Opera Australia, Andrea Molino conducting

19/01/2017 16.19.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting Christmas concert in Taichung

22/12/2016 12.14.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Don Giovanni at the Theater an der Wien, Ivor Bolton conducting

07/12/2016 16.40.00

Congratulations to Saimir Pirgu, winner of the “Verona Lirica Award 2016”, Daniele Terenzi will participate in the Gala Concert

11/11/2016 18.47.00

Martina Serafin, Saimir Pirgu and Alessandro Guerzoni star in Macbeth for the opening night of the season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona

05/10/2016 17.00.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda conducting at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona

12/09/2016 11.36.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in an exciting gala concert at the Les Chorégies d'Orange Festival

22/07/2016 17.38.00

Saimir Pirgu makes his debut as Faust in a new production of Hector Berlioz’ La Damnation de Faust at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Tugan Sokhiev conducting and Peter Stein directing

21/07/2016 16.15.00

Eleonora Buratto and Saimir Pirgu star in La Bohème at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Marc Piollet conducting and Jonathan Miller directing

17/06/2016 10.57.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Berlin, singing Alfredo in La Traviata at the Deutsche Oper

29/04/2016 13.28.00

Eleonora Buratto, Saimir Pirgu and Luca Dall’Amico star in Falstaff with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting in Chicago

20/04/2016 11.52.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Berlioz’s Requiem Op.5 with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and Tugan Sokhiev conducting on tour in Moscow, Vienna, San Sebastian and Oviedo

04/04/2016 15.36.00

Tamar Iveri and Saimir Pirgu star in Verdi’s Requiem with the Orchestre Philarmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno conducting

23/03/2016 17.57.00

Stage Door is delighted to announce SAIMIR PIRGU’s World tour presenting his new solo album IL MIO CANTO

24/02/2016 18.03.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem with the Orchestre de Paris, Gianandrea Noseda conducting

08/02/2016 18.11.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in La Traviata at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Yves Abel conducting

14/01/2016 14.35.00

Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in La Traviata, new production at the Staatsoper Berlin (Schiller Theater), Daniel Barenboim conducting

22/12/2015 14.36.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Rigoletto in Toulouse, Daniel Oren conducting, production by Nicolas Joel

17/11/2015 16.09.00

Eleonora Buratto and Saimir Pirgu star in the Gala concert in honor of the 80th anniversary of birth of Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, with the Cherubini Orchestra and Riccardo Muti conducting

07/10/2015 9.51.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Puccini’s Messa di Gloria at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, with the Orchestre National de France and Paolo Arrivabeni conducting

06/10/2015 15.32.00

Saimir Pirgu sings Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at the Wiener Staatsoper

24/09/2015 16.10.00

Saimir Pirgu sings Verdi’s Requiem in Amsterdam with the Nederlandse Philharmonisch Orkest, Marc Albrecht conducting

07/09/2015 16.34.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Un Ballo in Maschera with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv, Zubin Mehta conducting

13/07/2015 17.28.00

Stefano Montanari makes his debut at the Arena in Verona conducting Don Giovanni. Saimir Pirgu stars as Don Ottavio

03/07/2015 15.25.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto at the Wiener Staatsoper, Evelino Pidò conducting, production by Pierre Audi

11/06/2015 18.17.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Staatsoper in Berlin

29/05/2015 14.09.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in the new production of King Roger at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Antonio Pappano conducting

29/04/2015 11.03.00

Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in La Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper, Marco Armiliato conducting

20/03/2015 16.07.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Mozart’s Requiem in Chicago with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting

17/02/2015 13.06.00

Saimir Pirgu sings an operatic recital at Wigmore Hall in London

06/02/2015 14.21.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Grand Opera Gala in aid of the Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung in Berlin, Donald Runnicles conducting

09/01/2015 11.29.00

Saimir Pirgu sings Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Irina Brook directing

19/12/2014 18.37.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Vienna singing Alfredo in Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper

04/12/2014 12.00.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Washington singing Rodolfo in La Bohème

30/10/2014 17.20.00

Saimir Pirgu on uk BP Big Screens singing Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto live broadcasted from the Royal Opera House in London

17/09/2014 11.51.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, under the brilliant baton of Maurizio Benini, David Mc Vicar directing

08/09/2014 15.11.00

Saimir Pirgu saves the day singing Verdi's Requiem at the Festival Internacional Quincena Musical in San Sebastian, under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin

25/08/2014 17.06.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Ravinia Festival, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and James Conlon conducting

04/08/2014 11.00.00

Saimir Pirgu and Riccardo Zanellato star in Verdi’s Requiem at the Ravenna Festivan, Redipuglia (Gorizia) and Lubjiana for the victims of the world wars, with the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini European Spirit of Youth Orchestra and Riccardo Muti conducting. Broadcast by television channels Rai, ORF, ZDF

04/07/2014 9.00.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Alfredo in La Traviata at the San Francisco Opera, Nicola Luisotti conducting

09/06/2014 12.45.00

Saimir Pirgu star in Berlioz’ Messe Solennelle in Vienna with the Wiener Philarmoniker, Riccardo Muti conducting

08/05/2014 11.50.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in a Gala Concert with Angela Gheorghiu at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona

23/04/2014 11.31.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Los Angeles as Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood in Lucia di Lammermoor, James Conlon conducting

12/03/2014 11.39.00

Saimir Pirgu stars as Tito Vespasiano in La Clemenza di Tito at the Opéra National de Paris, Willy Decker directing

26/11/2013 11.32.00

Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in for Rigoletto at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich

18/10/2013 17.48.00

Saimir Pirgu sings Verdi’s Requiem in Munich and Vienna

03/10/2013 13.06.00

Saimir Pirgu will be awarded with the prestigious Pavarotti d’Oro Prize, Giulio Mastrototaro will participate at the Gala Concert

19/09/2013 13.47.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in two Verdi’s masterpieces: Requiem at the Festival Enescu in Bucarest, with the Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano conducting, and Rigoletto at the Barbican Centre in London with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda

11/09/2013 17.00.00

Saimir Pirgu stars in Verdi’s Requiem in Grafenegg

06/09/2013 16.38.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to the Arena di Verona singing The Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto

05/08/2013 15.52.00

Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in La Traviata at Opernfestspiele in Munich

09/07/2013 15.27.00

Dario Solari and Saimir Pirgu, Macbeth and Macduff in Macbeth at the Teatro alla Pergola in Florence, James Conlon conducting and Graham Vick directing

12/06/2013 16.44.00

Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in Petite Messe Solennelle at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, then on tour in Vienna, Daniele Gatti conducting

06/05/2013 16.00.00

Saimir Pirgu sings Alfredo in Traviata at the Opernhaus Zurich

03/05/2013 10.34.00

Saimir Pirgu sings in Bach’s Mass in B minorwith the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Chicago, Riccardo Muti conducting

10/04/2013 15.12.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to the Metropolitan Opera in New York in one of his signature role, singing Alfredo

12/03/2013 11.27.00

Saimir Pirgu an exciting Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto in the new production at the Opernhaus in Zurich

31/01/2013 15.09.00

Saimir Pirgu sings Schubert’s Mass N.5, with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Munich, Riccardo Muti conducting.

19/12/2012 16.09.00

Saimir Pirgu and Cinzia Forte star in La Traviata for the opening night of the season at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples

03/12/2012 16.04.00

Saimir Pirgu in Recital at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse

15/11/2012 9.34.00

Saimir Pirgu and Paolo Rumetz star in L’Elisir d’Amore at the Wiener Staatsoper

06/11/2012 9.51.00

Saimir Pirgu to perform I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the San Francisco Opera

28/09/2012 9.22.00

Saimir Pirgu and Mario Cassi to star in Mercadante I Due Figaro at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Riccardo Muti conducting

23/08/2012 11.07.00

Saimir Pirgu to star in Berlioz Messe Solennelle at the Salzburg Festival, Riccardo Muti conducting.

30/07/2012 16.43.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Austria singing at the Styriarte Festival in Graz and at the Salzburg Festival under Harnoncourt and Muti

22/06/2012 13.00.00

Saimir Pirgu at the Wiener Festwochen as Alfredo in La Traviata in a new production by Deborah Warner, Omer Meir Wellber conducting

25/05/2012 11.44.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Paris as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni.

04/04/2012 15.58.00

Saimir Pirgu makes his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, singing Rodolfo in La Bohème.

15/03/2012 13.24.00

Saimir Pirgu saves the day jumping in Gianni Schicchi at the Festival Puccini Plus in Lyon, live broadcast on February 11 by Mezzo Tv sinfonico.

10/02/2012 13.04.00

Saimir Pirgu to star in Iolanta and Francesca da Rimini in Vienna

12/01/2012 17.23.00

Saimir Pirgu makes his debut at the Washington National Opera as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor

04/11/2011 15.33.00

Saimir Pirgu returns to Los Angeles Opera

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Saimir Pirgu makes his debut in Verdi's Requiem

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