The Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov has made his conducting debut at the Winter Arts Festival in Sochi, wielding his stiick over Verdi’s Requiem.
Abdra was cancelled by western theatres after aligning himself with Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war.
He claims to have consulted Riccardo Muti by phone about details in the Verdi score.
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