Sona Ayyub gizi Mustafayeva (Baghirova) (Azerbaijani: Sona Əyyub qızı Mustafayeva (Bağırova), 22 June 1916 – 1999) was an Azerbaijani vocalist-actress. She was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
Sona Mustafayeva | |
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| Born | 22 June 1916 |
| Died | 1999 (aged 82–83) |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire → Az. Dem. Rep. → Soviet Union → Azerbaijan |
| Occupation | Soprano opera singer |
| Organization | Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater |
| Awards |  |
Biography
editSona Mustafayeva was born on 22 June 1916 in Baku. From 1930 she performed as a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater.[1][2]
Mustafayeva, who had a lyric soprano voice, helped the troupe for about a year by invitation when the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy began operating as an independent theater in 1938. Here she performed the parts of Gulchohra and Gulnaz (Arshin Mal Alan and Mashadi Ibad by Uzeyir Hajibeyov).[1]
Mustafayeva died in 1999 in Baku.[1]
Awards
edit- Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (17 June 1943)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (17 April 1938)[3]
Main roles
edit| Role | Opera | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Nigar | Koroghlu | Uzeyir Hajibeyov |
| Gulchohra | Arshin Mal Alan | Uzeyir Hajibeyov |
| Gulnaz | Mashadi Ibad | Uzeyir Hajibeyov |
| Aghja giz | Ashig Garib | Zulfugar Hajibeyov |
| Gulzar | Shah Ismayil | Muslim Magomayev |
| Nargiz and Naznaz | Nargiz | Muslim Magomayev |
| Dilbar | Vatan | Gara Garayev and Jovdat Hajiyev |
| Shirin | Khosrov and Shirin | Niyazi |
| Rana | Nizami | Afrasiyab Badalbeyli |
| Durna | Durna | Suleyman Rustam and Said Rustamov |
References
edit- 1 2 3 Rəhimli 2017, p. 209–210
- ↑ Markov 1964, 1017.
- ↑ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении работников Азербайджанского государственного театра оперы и балета имени М Ф. Ахунова, Азербайджанской государственной филармонии – участников декады Азербайджанского искусства в Москве" [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on awarding employees of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater named after M. F. Akhunov, the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic – participants of the decade of Azerbaijani art in Moscow]. Pravda. No. 107. 18 April 1938. p. 1.
Sources
edit- Markov, P. A., ed. (1964). Театральная энциклопедия [Theatrical Encyclopedia] (в 6 т. [in 6 volumes]). Vol. 3. Кетчер–Нежданова (Ketcher–Nezhdanova. Moscow: Советская энциклопедия [Soviet Encyclopedia]. 1086 стб.
- Rəhimli, İ. (2017). Azərbaycan Teatr Ensiklopediyası (3 cilddə). Vol. 3-cü cild. Bakı: Azərnəşr. 416 səh. ISBN 978-5-86874-179-1.
External links
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