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Biography

Ildar Abdrazakov is one of a small number of singers blessed with the vocal prowess, artistic eloquence and captivating stage presence required to bring opera’s great bass arias to life. He has also succeeded in securing his place at the top of the operatic tree at an age when most basses are only beginning to mature. The Russian artist, described by the New York Times as “a bass of elegance and unforced resonance”, is in high demand at the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. His signature repertoire extends from Mozart’s Figaro and the opera buffa roles of Rossini and Donizetti to the strikingly complex characters of Verdi’s Attila, Oberto and Filippo II. “My beginning is always with the composer,” he observes. “I want to sing what the composer wrote. That is first. Everything starts with the score.”

On 10 October 2017 it was announced that Abdrazakov had signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon – a few weeks earlier the yellow label had released Duets, an album of French and Italian operatic excerpts he had recorded with Rolando Villazón. Reviewing Duets, MusicWeb International praised Abdrazakov as “a strong, dark dramatic bass, superb as Mefistofele and Fiesco”.

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Ildar Abdrazakov

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September 26, 1976 - Ufa (Russia)

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About

Ildar Abdrazakov has established himself as one of opera’s most sought-after basses. Since making his La Scala debut in 2001 at 25, the Russian native has become a mainstay at leading houses worldwide, including New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and Munich’s Bavarian State Opera. His powerful yet refined voice coupled with his compelling stage presence have prompted critics to hail him as a “sensational bass…who has just about everything – imposing sound, beautiful legato, oodles of finesse” (TheIndependent). Also an active concert artist, he has performed at London’s BBC Proms and at New York’s Carnegie Hall, as well as with leading international orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony and Vienna Philharmonic.

Ildar Abdrazakov kicks off the 16/17 season with his return to the Metropolitan Opera, where he can be heard twice, as Mustafà in Rossini’s comic opera L’Italiana in Algeri as well as in the title role of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. In Europe, Ildar Abdrazakov brings his celebrated portrayal of Spain’s emperor Filippo II in Verdi’s Don Carlo to the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as well as the Royal Opera