TIRANA, Sept. 11 – Saimir Pirgu, Albania’s internationally renowned tenor, returns to London’s Royal Opera House with the lead role of Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Pirgu will perform at the Royal Opera on Sept. 12, 15, 20, 23, 27, 30 and October 6 in one of Verdi’s most famous operas in three acts.
Giuseppe Verdi wrote in 1855 that Rigoletto, based on Victor Hugo’s play Le Roi s’amuse, was his ‘best opera’. Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua, is cursed by the father of one of the Duke’s victims for his irreverent laughter. When the Duke seduces Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda, it seems the curse is taking effect.
Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu made his Royal Opera debut in 2007 as Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), and returned in 2010 to sing Alfredo Germont (La traviata). In the 2014/15 Season he will sing the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto) and Shepherd (Kr
Saimir Pirgu returns with lead role at London’s Royal Opera House
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