Saimir
Pirgu
Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu has performed at and continues a close association with the world’s finest opera houses and festivals including Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Staatsoper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper, Gran teatre del Liceu, Arena di Verona, Salzburger Festspiele.
Saimir enjoys enviable relationships with conductors including Riccardo Muti, Christian Thielemann, Philippe Jordan, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano, and formerly with the late Mariss Jansons and Claudio Abbado (with Abbado he made his opera debut at the age of 22).
In 2016 he took part in the Bolshoi Theatre production of La Damnation de Faust, singing the role of Faust.
Franco Corelli Prize of the Teatro delle Muse of Ancona for the performance in La traviata (Alfredo)
“Pavarotti d’Oro” (Gold Pavarotti Award)