2014 Delos debut artist, Ildar Abdrazakov, is wowing San Francisco audiences and critics alike with his performance of the title role in Mephistopheles!
San Francisco Classical Voice:
“Making his role debut as Mefistofele, Ildar Abdrazakov, the bass-baritone from Bashkortostan, filled the house with a muscular, big, well-projected voice, prancing around in a winning stage performance.”
“…much outstanding singing, beginning with Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov in the role of that devil, Mefistofele. Red-suited and with red hair, licking blood from a red comb, his voice is massive. Friday, his singing often was piping hot, precise and stinging: “The air I breathe is what men call Sin,” he hissed.”
San Jose Mercury News, also has a wonderful, lengthy profile Ildar Abdrazakov:
Are all basses either ferocious bad guys, cunning cheats or worst of all, devils in the world of opera?
I had an interview date with one of opera’s infamous devils last week during which I asked him just that question. And this particular “devil” also claims to be a direct descendant of Genghis Khan!
His name is Ildar Abdrazakov, (pronounced Ab-dra-ZAH-kov), and he was born 37 years ago in Ufa, the capital city of Bashkortostan, also the birthplace of the late great ballet star Rudolf Nureyev. Now a Republic in the Russian Federation, the area was likely one of Genghis’ old haunts back in the 10th and 11th centuries.
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Read Cheryl North’s full feature on Ildar Abdrazakov on MercuryNews.com
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