On December 16, Ildar Abdrazakov returns to Kazakhstan’s Astana Opera House for an encore performance of Verdi’s Attila. Of Ildar’s performance of the role, Riccardo Muti has said that he “could be the ideal interpreter of the part for our time.”
Ildar inaugurated the Astana Opera House in October as Verdi’s eponymous Hun in a production adapted from that of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s, in which he also starred. Find more information on the Astana Opera House performance here.
Having opened the production and the company’s season on November 27, Ildar Abdrazakov returns to the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s production of Verdi’s Ernani for remaining performances on December 10, 12, and 14.
Ildar sings the role of Don Ruy Gomez de Silva in Verdi’s lyric drama, starring opposite Tatiana Serjan as his betrothed, Elvira, Francesco Meli as her lover, Ernani, and Luca Salsi as Don Carlo, future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Riccardo Muti conducts all performances. For information and tickets, click here.
On November 27, Ildar sings the role of Don Ruy Gomez de Silva in Hugo de Ana’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Romantic drama Ernani, opening the Teatro dell’Opera’s 2013-14 season. Ildar joins a cast that includes Francesco Meli in the title role, Luca Salsi as Don Carlo, and Tatiana Serjan as Elvira, accompanied by the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Dell’Opera under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Muti. Ildar performs again on November 29, with further appearances on December 10 and 12. Find more information and tickets here.
In February, Ildar Abdrazakov takes on the monumental title role in Alexander Borodin’s defining epic Prince Igor at the Metropolitan Opera in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov. The opera, which presents a psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero with the founding of the Russian nation as its backdrop, will be presented at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in nearly 100 years. Ildar joins Oksana Dyka as Yaroslavna, Anita Rachvelishvili as Konchakovna, and Sergey Semishkur as Vladimir Igorevich, with Gianandrea Noseda conducting all performances except for February 21, which will be under the baton of Pavel Smelkov. The performance will be broadcast to more than 1,900 theaters in 64 countries worldwide via the Met in HD series on March 1, 2014.
