Nargiz (opera)

Scene from "Nargiz" opera.

Nargiz (Azerbaijani: Nərgiz) – is the second opera by Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani composer and Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR, written in 1935. Mammed Said Ordubadi is the author of a libretto to the opera. It is considered the most significant composition of Muslim Magomayev.[1] Music of the opera consists of folk songs of Azerbaijan. In 1938, the opera was shown during the Decade of Azerbaijani Arts in Moscow, with the editorship of Reinhold Glière.[1] It is also noted that, the opera narrates about a struggle of Azerbaijani peasants for the Soviet Power.[1] “Nargiz” is the first Azerbaijani opera on a modern theme.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Э. Г. Абасова. Магомаев А. М. Музыкальная энциклопедия. — М.: Советская энциклопедия, Советский композитор. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыша. 1973—1982.
  2. ↑ Г. Кулиева, Д. Мамедов, А. Мамедова. (1983). Бюль-Бюль. Баку: Ишиг. p. 41.
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