page_title: Giorgio Berrugi
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Giorgio Berrugi / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Giorgio Berrugi with Composer Hans Werner Henze and co-librettist Michael Kerstan during rehearsals for the World premiere of the Dresden version of Gisela! Italiano: Berrugi con i maestri Henze e Kerstan.
context_page_description: Giorgio Berrugi is an Italian operatic tenor.
context_section_description: In 2010 Giorgio Berrugi was invited by opera director Eytan Pessen to the ensemble of the Dresden Semperoper where he stayed until 2013; with that company he debuted roles including Don José in Carmen, Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera, Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto, and Gennarino in the world première of Hans Werner Henze‘s Gisela!.
  Berrugi also performed in numerous concerts, recitals and the Dresden Opera Gala.
  Berrugi's Dresden years propelled him to an international career. Since 2013 Berrugi has performed in opera theatres and festivals all over the world. In Italy he has performed at the Teatro La Scala (Verdi Requiem and Simon Boccanegra), the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (Rodolfo, Edgardo), the Teatro Regio (Turin) (Tamino, Rodolfo, Edgardo), the Teatro Verdi di Salerno (Rodolfo), the Arena di Verona Festival (Roméo, Pinkerton, Ismaele in Nabucco),the Teatro di San Carlo (Nemorino, Rodolfo in Luisa Miller), the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza (Hoffmann). Berrugi also performs frequently with the Italian soprano Maria Agresta.
  International appearances include the San Francisco Opera (Rodolfo), the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Rodolfo),  the Opéra de Marseille (Cavaradossi),  Oviedo (Rodolfo), Lucerne (Verdi Requiem), the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Verdi Requiem), the Gewandhaus, Suntory Hall, Japan, Wigmore Hall, London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, (Cavaradossi), and the Savonlinna Opera Festival (Pinkerton).
caption: Giorgio Berrugi with Composer Hans Werner Henze and co-librettist Michael Kerstan during rehearsals for the World premiere of the Dresden version of Gisela!
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