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Saimir Pirgu (born 23 September 1981 in Elbasan) is an Albanian opera tenor. == Biography == He originally studied the violin,〔("Ein Sängerleben ist nicht so einfach" ) by Daniel Ender, ''Der Standard'' (9 December 2010) 〕 before he moved to Bozen, Italy, where Vito Brunetti discovered his tenor voice. Pirgu won the award for Best Young Singer in 2001 at the Umberto Sacchetti Competition in Bologna and first prize at the Caruso Competition in Milan and at the Tito Schipa Competition in Lecce in 2002, and in 2009 the Franco Corelli Prize in Ancona.〔(Saimir Pirgu ) at Styriarte Festival〕 His first professional engagement was at the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad with Alberto Zedda conducting, then at the Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro) in Rossini's ''Il viaggio a Reims'' and in ''Adina'', and in 2003 at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor''. At the age of 22 he was chosen by Claudio Abbado as Ferrando in ''Così fan tutte''. He collaborates with the most prestigious theaters in the world as: Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera New York, Vienna State Opera. He regularly works with Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Daniele Gatti, Seiji Ozawa, James Conlon and Antonio Pappano. Among his engagements are ''Don Giovanni'' (Paris), ''L'elisir d'amore'' (Vienna), ''La traviata'' (London), ''Rigoletto'' (Zurich), ''The Magic Flute'' (Teatro alla Scala), ''Gianni Schicchi'' at the Metropolitan Opera and at the Los Angeles Opera directed by Woody Allen. He made his debut as Idomeneo conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Festival in Graz. Riccardo Muti chose him for Verdis Requiem at the Salzburg Festival. In March 2012, Pirgu made his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, performing as Rodolfo in ''La bohème'' with the Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu as Mimì. In September 2012, he made his debut with San Francisco Opera as Tebaldo in ''I Capuleti e i Montecchi''. In March 2013, he returned to the Metropolitan Opera in New York to perform the role of Alfredo Germont in ''La traviata''.〔Matthew Gurewitsch ("Tenor Saimir Pirgu Hits his Stride" ), ''The New York Times'', March 8, 2013〕 Pirgu is Roman Catholic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saimir Pirgu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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