Saimir Pirgu - tenor
After his recent successes at the Royal Opera House in London singing King Roger, in Vienna as Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, in Berlin as Alfredo in La Traviata, as Don Ottavio at the Arena in Verona, as Riccardo in Un ballo in Maschera in Tel Aviv, Saimir Pirgu returns to sing the Verdi’s Masterpiece.
Plans include: L’Elisir d’Amore, Don Giovanni and a new production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi (under Marco Armiliato) at the Wiener Staatsoper; Rigoletto (Daniel Oren conducting), La Clemenza di Tito and Lucia di Lammermoor in Toulouse; La Traviata at the Royal Opera House in London and at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin; Falstaff in Chicago with Riccardo Muti; a new production of Madama Butterfly in Zurich; La Bohème and Macbeth at the Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; a revival of King Roger in Sydney. On the concert side, Mr. Pirgu will sing again Verdi’s Requiem in Paris (under Gianandrea Noseda) and Luxembourg, Berlioz’ Requiem in Vienna (under Tugan Sokhiev), and a gala concert at the Chorégies Orange.
Concertgebouw
Amsterdam
September 11th, 2015
September 14th