Saimir Pirgu - Duke of Mantua
After his
recent successes as Alfredo in Traviata beside Placido Domingo at the
Metropolitan Opera in New York, in Bach’s Mass in B minor with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti, in the Petite Messe
Solennelle in Paris and Vienna under Daniele Gatti, as Macduff in Macbeth
at the Teatro alla Pergola in Florence James Conlon conducting and Graham Vick
directing, Saimir Pirgu returns to the Arena in Verona singing one of his main
role, that he will also sing in the next future at the Royal Opera House Covent
Garden in London, at the Opernhaus in Zurich, at the Wiener Staatsoper and at
the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.
Among other
future plans it is worth mentioning: La Bohème in Washington; La
Traviata and King Roger in London; La Clemenza di Tito at the
Opéra National de Paris; Macbeth and a Gala Concert at the Gran Teatre
del Liceu in Barcelona; Lucia di Lammermoor in Los Angeles and Toulouse
where he also will perform La Favorite; La Traviata in Vienna and
San Francisco. On the concert side Mr. Pirgu will perform in Verdi’s Requiem
in Munich with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischer Rundfunks and in Berlioz’s
Messe Solennelle with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Vienna under the baton
of Riccardo Muti.
Saimir
Pirgu’s whirlwind advance from conservatoire in Italy to the leading roles on
the world’s premier opera stages sees him already positioned as the new
generation lyric tenor of choice for leading conductors such as Claudio Abbado,
James Conlon, Daniele Gatti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Riccardo Muti and Antonio
Pappano. From the outset the humble but determined singer was identified as a
major future talent.
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