Saimir Pirgu - Alfredo

Recent successes include: King Roger at the Royal Opera House in London under the baton of Antonio Pappano, Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto and Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore in Vienna, Alfredo in La Traviata in Berlin, 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, Verdi’s Requiem in Amsterdam with Marc Albrecht, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Paolo Arrivabeni conducting, Rigoletto in Toulouse and new production of La Traviata at the Staatsoper Berlin, Daniel Barenboim conducting.

Plans include: Don Giovanni and a new production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi (under the baton of Marco Armiliato) at the Wiener Staatsoper; La Clemenza di Tito and Lucia di Lammermoor in Toulouse; La Traviata at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin; Falstaff in Chicago, Riccardo Muti conducting; a new production of Madama Butterfly in Zurich; La Bohème, Macbeth and Roméo et Juliette at the Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; a revival of King Roger at Sydney Opera House. On the concert side, Mr. Pirgu will sing again Verdi’s Requiem in London, in Paris (Gianandrea Noseda conducting) and Luxembourg, Berlioz’ Requiem in Vienna (Tugan Sokhiev conducting) on tour in Moscow, San Sebastian and Oviedo with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, a series of concerts in Tokyo, and a gala concert at the Chorégies d’ Orange. Saimir Pirgu will be engaged in a world concert tour presenting his new solo album Il mio canto that will be published by Opus Arte.