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This 2023/24 season highlights include Pinkerton Madama Butterfly at Teatro di San Carlo, title role Idomeneo at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Don José Carmen at Opernhaus Zurich and a return to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Il Duca di Mantova Rigoletto and Rodolfo La bohème. This summer, Pirgu will appear at the Edinburgh International Festival as Don José Carmen and at the Roma Caracalla Festival in his role debut as Mario Cavaradossi Tosca.
Recent highlights include his role debut as title role in Ernani at Bregenz Festival, the title role in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at Zurich Opernhaus, Rodolfo La bohème at Wiener Staatsoper, Lenskij in Evgenij Onegin at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and title role Faust at Zurich Opernhaus. On the concert stage, highlights include Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at Staatsoper Unter den Linden with Daniel Barenboim, Bruckner Te Deum at Osterfestspiele Salzburg with Christian Thielemann and Puccini Messa di Gloria at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Sir Antonio Pappano.
In 2009 Pirgu was awarded the Franco Corelli Prize of the Teatro delle Muse of Ancona for his performance in La traviata, and in 2013 he was awarded the prestigious “Pavarotti d’Oro”.
The DVD/Blu-Ray recording of Król Roger from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Saimir as Shepherd received a nomination in the Best Opera Recording category at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards 2016. The same year, Pirgu released his most recent solo album “Il Mio Canto” with Opus Arte. He presented the CD in a world tour that led him to Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Tokyo, New York, Florence and Tirana.
Pirgu has been an ambassador for Down Syndrome Albania, a foundation dedicated to helping children with Down Syndrome, since 2013.
2023/24 season / 354 words. Not to be altered without permission.