1. Ildar Amirovich Abdrazakov is a Russian bass opera singer.
14 Facts About Ildar Abdrazakov
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Ildar Abdrazakov's elder brother, Askar, is a professional operatic bass; they have performed together, most notably at the Washington National Opera.
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Ildar Abdrazakov's parents were both artists: his mother a painter, and his father a director.
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Ildar Abdrazakov won a number of vocal competitions in the late 1990s including the Moscow Grand Prix, the Glinka International Vocal Competition, the Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition and the Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers.
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Ildar Abdrazakov made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2004 in Don Giovanni under James Levine and has since appeared there regularly.
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In 2009, Ildar Abdrazakov made his Salzburg Festival debut in the same role; the new production was led by Muti.
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Ildar Abdrazakov first appeared at London's Royal Opera House in 2009, performing Verdi's Requiem in concert with Antonio Pappano, and he has since returned there to sing Don Basilio in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
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At the Mariinsky Theater, Ildar Abdrazakov has performed the title character and Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni; Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust and Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust; Oroveso in Bellini's Norma; Selim in Rossini's Il turco in Italia; and Assur in Semiramide.
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Ildar Abdrazakov has performed at Barcelona's Liceu, Madrid's Teatro Real, the Opera Bastille in Paris, the San Francisco Opera, the Washington National Opera, and the Los Angeles Opera.
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Ildar Abdrazakov has collaborated with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Gianandrea Noseda, Bertrand de Billy, Riccardo Frizza, Riccardo Chailly, and Antonio Pappano.
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Since 2015 Ildar Abdrazakov has directed the Elena Obraztsova International Academy of Music in St Petersburg.
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In 2023, Ildar Abdrazakov appeared on a list of 700 sports, political and cultural figures who nominated Russian president Vladimir Putin as an independent candidate for reelection.
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Ildar Abdrazakov has appeared as Feodor Chaliapin in several films and television series.
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In 2022, Ildar Abdrazakov won third season of The Masked Singer, as a "Drakon".