Mikhail Pirogov is a graduate from the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Yury Marusin, People’s Artist of Russia). In 2010, he got employed with the opera company of the G. Tsydynzhapov Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
In 2011, Mikhail Pirogov became a soloist at the Saratov Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, and in 2014, he returned to Buryatia. In 2018, he joined the opera company of the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, and since 2021, he has performed as a leading soloist at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.
In 2022, Mikhail Pirogov made his debut at the Bolshoi Theatre. The same year, he received the Golden Mask, the highest national theatre award, in the Best Male Opera Part nomination, for his performance of the part of Solovei Budimirovich in A.P. Borodin’s Bogatyri (production of the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre).
In 2023, Mikhail Pirogov joined the opera company of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. Critics have noted the singer’s rare, deep timbre: “Mikhail Pirogov's rich, warm tenor resonates soulfully both in crowded and expressive scenes and in the most tender, intimate lyrical moments”.
The singer is a guest soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow.
