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Rolando Villazon, Ildar Abdrazakov

Duets

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Rolando Villazon, Ildar Abdrazakov, Yannick N?zet-Seguin - A tour of the repertoire on the album
Checkmate! - Rolando Villazon vs. Ildar Abdrazakov

Tour Dates

11/20/2017 - Smetana Hall / Prague, Czech Republic
11/23/2017 - Berliner Philharmoniker / Berlin, Germany
11/26/2017 - Festspielhaus Baden-Baden / Baden-Baden, Germany
11/29/2017 - Liederhalle / Stuttgart, Germany
12/03/2017 - Philharmonie / Munich, Germany
12/09/2017 - Theatre des Champs-Elysees / Paris, France
12/12/2017 - Konzerthaus Vienna / Vienna, Austria
1 Bizet: C' etait le soir  
2 Boito: Son lo spirito che nega  
3 Boito: Strano figlio del Caos  
4 Donizetti: La vostra ostinazione - Prender moglie  
5 Donizetti: Sogno soave e casto mi fa il destin mendico  
6 Donizetti: Ardir! Ha forse il cielo  
7 Donizetti: Voglio dire  
8 Verdi: Propizio a giunge!  
9 Verdi: Vieni a me, ti benedico  
10 Gounod: Mais ce Dieu  
11 Gounod: Me voici - d'ou vient ta surprise!  
12 Bizet: Je suis Escamillo  
13 Lara: Granada  
14 Hermann: Ochi Chernye  
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Following their collaboration in DG's Grammy-nominated recording of Le Nozze di Figaro, star tenor Rolando Villazón and incoming MET music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, join forces with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal and Ildar Abdrazakov, "one of the most sought-after young basses in the operatic world" (Vanity Fair), for Duets. The album features tenor and bass duets from drammi giocosi and opéras comiques by composers such as Bizet, Donizetti, Gounod, Rossini and more.

  • New Classical Tracks: Villazon and Abdrazakov team up for tenor-bass 'Duets'
    Posted At: January 31, 2018

    New Classical Tracks is a Syndicated feature airing nationally on Classical 24 & statewide on Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to the segment. READ THE TRANSCRIPT - It might be as rare as a white peacock, yet equally as beautiful. According to Mexican tenor Rolando Villazon, it's the first recording featuring duets for tenor and bass. Better yet, he was able to create this project, titled Duets...

  • Villazon and Abdrazakovm - tour debut in Prague's Smetana Hall, showcases some of the finest operatic arias and duets / eronews
    Posted At: December 1, 2017

    Duets for tenor and bass are few and far between: opera stars Rolando Villazón and Ildar Abdrazakov are bringing these rare gems to the stage in a series of concerts across Europe. Their tour debut in Prague's Smetana Hall showcased some of the finest operatic arias and duets – including some from Arrigo Boito's opera ‘Mefistofele' – accompanied by the Janáček Philhar...

  • Rolando Villazon, Ildar Abdrazakov - Duets is WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: November 20, 2017

    Two of the world's top opera stars – Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón and Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov – are joined by dynamic young Canadian maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin, future music director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, for a thrilling choice of dramatic and comic duets. The program features music from great 19th-century Italian and French operas, including th...
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