Sunday, May 05, 2013
Saimir Pirgu
Opernhaus, Zurich
La Traviata

Saimir Pirgu sings Alfredo in Traviata at the Opernhaus Zurich

 

 

Saimir Pirgu

Saimir Pirgu - Alfredo

After his recent successes as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and singing Bach’s Mass in B minor in Chicago under the baton of Riccardo Muti, Saimir Pirgu will returns to Zurich singing one of his main role. Amongst Saimir Pirgu’s recent prominent engagements: a new production of La Traviata by Deborah Warner at the Wiener Festwochen followed by Dvorak’s Stabat Mater in Graz with Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Styriarte Festival and then at the Salzburg Festival for Berlioz’s Messe Solennelle with Riccardo Muti. Then he sang at the Arena in Verona as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni; L’Elisir d’amore again at the Wiener Staatsoper; I Capuleti e I Montecchi in San Francisco; I Due Figaro in Buenos Aires, Riccardo Muti conducting; La Bohème at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Schubert’s Mass N.5 with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Munich again with Muti. Mr. Pirgu just starred in La Traviata for the opening night season at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and at the New Year’s Day concert at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice under Sir J. E. Gardiner, and he was engaged at the Zurich Opernhaus for the new production of Rigoletto.

  

About his future plans: Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Zurich and in Toulouse; Macbeth at the Teatro alla Pergola in Florence with James Conlon and at the Gran Teatre el Liceu in Barcelona; La Bohème in Washington; La Clemenza di Tito at the Opéra National de Paris; Lucia di Lemmermoor in Los Angeles; La Favorite in Toulouse; Verdi’s Requiem in Munich; Berlioz’s Messe Solennelle with the Wiener Philharmoniker and La Traviata in Vienna; Macbeth and a Gala Concert at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Verdi’s Requiem in Munich.

  

Mr. Pirgu regularly collaborates with prestigious conductors such as: Claudio Abbado, James Colon, Daniele Gatti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, and Antonio Pappano.

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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
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