ILDAR ABDRAZAKOV

From regal to rugged – meet the bass that has it all

Animal Farm

George Orwell’s biting satire gets the operatic treatment

Tokyo celebrations 25 world-class years at the New National Theatre

PLUS

  • Ben Woodward: ‘How I shrunk the Ring’
  • France’s earliest opera, live and on disc

The Hours at the Met • Donizetti Festival report • Worldwide Opera Guide