Huseynagha Sultan oghlu Hajibababeyov ( az, Hüseynağa Hacıbababəyov; 19 May 1898 – 10 November 1972) was an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

singer. He was awarded the title, People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR (1938). He was the grandfather of jazz composer and pianist, Salman Gambarov.

Biography

Huseynagha Hajibababeyov was born in 1898 in Shamakhy,

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. He had a soft-tone voice and performed mugham and folk songs. From 1910 he sang in the Nijat Society choir in

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, and from 1913 performed with the Shafa theater group. In 1916, he joined the Azerbaijani music troupe and played mainly female characters in the first Azerbaijani mugham operas, touring cities of the

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and

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. Since 1920, he was a soloist of the

Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre The Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (Azeri: ''Axundov adına Azərbaycan Dövlət Akademik Opera və Balet Teatrı''), formerly known as the Mailov Theatre

and performed the parts of Shah Ismayil ('' Shah Ismayil'' by Muslim Magomayev), Garib ('' Ashig Garib'' by

Zulfugar Hajibeyov Zulfugar Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Zülfüqar bəy Əbdülhüseyn bəy oğlu Hacıbəyov, 17 April 1884 – 30 September 1950) was an Azerbaijani composer and a member of a family noted for its musical talents. He was one o ...

), Khosrov (''Khosrov and Shirin'' by

Niyazi Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov ( az, Niyazi Zülfüqar bəy oğlu Hacıbəyov) (1912–1984) was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani conductor, and composer of the renowned symphonic mugham "Rast". Early life Niyazi was born on August 2 ...

), and other parts in operas by European, Georgian, Russian, Armenian composers in the original languages. In 1928, he graduated from the

Azerbaijan State Conservatory The Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music (Azeri: ''Hacıbəyov adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası'') is a music school in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. H ...

where his teacher was Russian opera singer Nikolai Speransky. In 1938, Hajibababeyov was awarded the title of the People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Roles played

Huseynagha Hajibababeyov is known for the following roles:Huseynagha Hajibababeyov
Musical Encyclopædia.

References

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Biography

Roles played

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