NEW YORK (AP) — For Ildar Abdrazakov, this may go down as the biggest opening night that almost didn't happen. Not that the Russian bass-baritone is exactly unknown at the Metropolitan Opera, where he has headlined productions from Verdi's "Attila" to last season's "Prince Igor" by Borodin. But starring as the title character in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro, which opened the company's 2014-15 season Monday night, had special importance for Abdrazakov (pronounced ahb-drah-ZAH-koff).Read more on NewsOK.com