Saimir Pirgu returns to Australia for Gounod's Faust

Vyacheslav Prokofyev\TASS via Getty Images

Albanian-Italian tenor Saimir Pirgu Source: Vyacheslav Prokofyev\TASS via Getty Images

Albanian-Italian tenor Saimir Pirgu will make an awaited return with Opera Australia performing in the title role of Charles-François Gounod's Faust at Melbourne's Arts Centre in November.


Saimir Pirgu was recently in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to plan a series of concerts to be held next year. SBS Italian caught up with him and asked about his forthcoming engagement with OA, his current busy schedule and his career.


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