Sona Mustafayeva Explained

Sona Mustafayeva
Birth Date:22 June 1916
Birth Place:Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Baku, Azerbaijan
Citizenship:
ADR

Azerbaijan
Occupation:vocalist-actress
Years Active:1930
Organization:Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

Sona Ayyub gizi Mustafayeva (Baghirova) (Azerbaijani: Sona Əyyub qızı Mustafayeva (Bağırova), June 22, 1916 — 1999) was an Azerbaijani vocalist-actress. She was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Biography

Sona Mustafayeva was born on June 22, 1916, in Baku. From 1930 she performed as a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater.

Sona Mustafayeva, who had a lyrical 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", Uzeyir Hajibeyov).

S. Mustafayeva died in 1999 in Baku.

Awards

Main roles

Role Play Author
Nigar Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Gulchohra Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Gulnaz Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Aghja giz Zulfugar Hajibeyov
Gulzar Muslim Magomayev
Nargiz and Naznaz Muslim Magomayev
Dilbar Vatan Gara Garayev and Jovdat Hajiyev
Shirin Khosrov and Shirin Niyazi
Rana Afrasiyab Badalbeyli
Durna Durna Suleyman Rustam and Said Rustamov

Literature