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Saimir Pirgu - Godefroy de Vaudémont / Paolo
Saimir Pirgu begun his musical studies as a violinist in his home town of Elbasan
(Albania). He then continued to study singing, first in Tirana and then in
Bolzano, with Vito Maria Brunetti. His break came when he was chosen by
Claudio Abbado as Ferrando in Così Fan Tutte in Ferrara, which he sang
with great success.
Collaborations followed with Muti, Maazel, Gatti, Ozawa, Campanella, Conlon and
Pappano. Among his recent
debuts: Il trittico (Opéra National de Paris), L'Elisir d'Amore
(Wiener Staatsoper-Vienna, Rome), La Traviata (London), Rigoletto
( Zurich), Die Zauberflöte (Milan). He made his
debut with huge acclaim in the role of Idomeneo conducted by Harnoncourt
at the Styriarte Festival in Graz, as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi at the
L.A, Opera directed by Woody Allen. Rinuccio is also the role that marked his
debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He was Rodolfo in a production of
La Bohème set in the Schweizer Fernsehen Bern and broadcasted on ARTE. He
has just performed Verdi’s Requiem at the Salzburger Festspiele under
Muti, and he sang Ferrando in Così fan
tutte in Los
Angeles (September 2011).
Future
plans: La
Bohème in Barcelona; La Traviata in Vienna, Berlin and New
York, where he will return in the next seasons; I Capuleti e i Montecchi
in San Francisco; Rigoletto at the ROH Covent Garden in London and
Zurich; Don Giovanni in Paris (Opéra National de Paris).
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