DVD Video, Saimir Pirgu (tenor)
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Szymanowski: Król Roger
Mariusz Kwiecien (King Roger II of Sicily), Georgia Jarman (Roxana), Saimir Pirgu (Shepherd), Kim Begley (Edrisi), Alan Ewing (Archbishop), Agnes Zwierko (Deaconess)
Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)
all the imagination of Kasper Holten's production coheres compellingly, and Antonio Pappano shapes an extremely lucid performance that somehow manages to be taut and lush at the same time. Mariusz... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Opera, February 2016, Recording of the Month
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Günther Groissböck (Sarastro), Saimir Pirgu (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Queen of the Night), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Alex Esposito (Papageno) & Peter Bronder (Monostatos)
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala & Choir of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Roland...
This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD...[Esposito's Papageno] sung with glorious abandon, while his acting... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, DVD Choice
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Gounod: Roméo and Juliette
Aida Garifullina (Juliette), Saimir Pirgu (Romeo), David Alegret (Tybalt), Tara Erraught (Stephano), Gabriel Bermudez (Mercutio), Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Stephen Lawless, Josep Pons
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Arena Di Verona
Luca Salsi (baritone), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Yusif Eyvazov, Dolora Zajick, Carlos Álvarez (baritone), Alex Esposito, Maria Jose Siri, Irina Lungu, Rafal Siwek, Saimir Pirgu (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Anna, Pirozzi, Arturo Chacon-Cruz, Marko Mimica, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the Arena...
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Janáček: Jenůfa
Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa), Karita Mattila (Kostelnička), Saimir Pirgu (Števa Buryja), Nicky Spence (Laca Klemeň), Elena Zilio (Grandmother Buryjovka), David Stout (Stárek), Jacquelyn Stucker (Karolka)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Henrik Nánási, Claus Guth
Guth has a fine cast to work with...Nánási understands the architecture of Janáček’s score, too, building each climax with proper care as the Royal Opera House Orchestra plays its heart out.... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Saimir Pirgu (Il Duca di Mantova), George Petean (Rigoletto), Aleksandra Kurzak (Gilda), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Judith Schmid (Maddalena) & Julia Riley (Giovanna)
Philharmonia Zürich & Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Tatjana Gürbaca (stage director)
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Verdi: La Traviata
Cinzia Forte, Saimir Pirgu, Giovanni Meoni, Federica Carnevale, Tineke Van Ingelgem, Patrick Delcour, Chris De Moor, Cristiano Cremonini & Lorenzo Muzzi
Orchestra & Chorus Opera Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor) & Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (director)
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Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio
Paolo Bordogna (Mill), Désirée Rancatore (Fanny), Saimir Pirgu (Edoardo), Fabio Maria Capitanucci (Slook), Enrico Maria Marabelli (Norton), Maria Gortsevskaya (Clarina)
Orchestra Haydn Di Bolzano E Trento, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli
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Verdi Collection Vol. 2
Roberto Frontali, Amarilli Nizza, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Walter Fraccaro, Silvio Zanon, Paolo Battaglia, Donatella Gugliuzza, Darina Takova, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Alexander Vinogradov, Damiano Salerno, Ursula Ferri, Arutjun Kotchinian, Cinzia Forte (Violetta), Saimir Pirgu (Alfredo), Giovanni Meoni...
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The Royal Opera Collection
Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Thomas Hampson, Jonas Kaufmann, Simon Keelyside, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Dorothea Röschmann, Mariusz Kwiecien, Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson
Antonio Pappano, Andris Nelsons, Colin Davis, George Benjamin, Philippe Jordan