Only two performances remain in the run of San Francisco Opera’s season-opening production of Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele. Praised by the San Francisco Classical Voice for his “muscular, big, well-projected voice” […]
Read moreIldar Abdrazakov launches his 2013-14 in devilish style, opening the San Francisco Opera season by making his staged role debut as the title character of Boito’s Mefistofele (Sep 6-Oct 2). Then, in the New Year, he takes on another […]
Read moreOn September 6, Ildar plays the menacing title role in a season-opening production of Arrigo Boito’s Mephistopheles under the direction of Robert Carsen. The cast of this resplendent retelling of Goethe’s […]
Read moreOn July 27, Ildar joins a lineup of Russian artistic luminaries, including conductor Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky prima ballerina Diana Vishneva, violinist Maxim Vengerov, and soprano Maria Guleghina to perform at […]
Read moreLast week, Ildar Abdrazakov joined an array of Russian luminaries, including baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and soprano Albina Shagimuratova, for the opening ceremony of the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, the annual global […]
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