DVD Video, Saimir Pirgu (tenor)
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New. Verdi: Macbeth
Ludovic Tézier (Macbeth), Martina Serafin (Lady Macbeth), Vitalij Kowaljow (Banco), Saimir Pirgu (Macduff)
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Giampaolo Bisanti, Christof Loy
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Special offer. 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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Special offer. 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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Special offer. 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: Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor) & Orlin Anastassov (bass)
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
the soloists form a worthwhile and generally high quality quartet. Krassimira Stoyanova's soprano is even and expressive, and she brings real urgency to proceedings...[Prudenskaya] produces... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Saimir Pirgu (Ernani), Guanqun Yu (Elvira), Franco Vassallo (Don Carlo), Goran Jurić (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Lotte de Beer, Enrique Mazzola
Singing is what makes any Ernani recording or video, and conductor Enrique Mazzola lays a taut, solid foundation with a Verdian sensibility to the often expansive phrasing...Guanqun Yu (Elvira)... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. 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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Special offer. 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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Special offer. 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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Special offer. 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
