''Nargiz'' ( az, Nərgiz) – is the second opera by Muslim Magomayev,

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i 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.''Э. Г. Абасова''
Магомаев А. М.
Музыкальная энциклопедия. — М.: Советская энциклопедия, Советский композитор. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыша. 1973—1982. Music of the opera consists of folk songs of Azerbaijan. In 1938, the opera was shown during the Decade of Azerbaijani Arts in

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, with the editorship of

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. It is also noted that, the opera narrates about a struggle of Azerbaijani peasants for the

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. “Nargiz” is the first Azerbaijani opera on a modern theme.

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{{Reflist Operas by Muslim Magomayev 1935 operas Azerbaijani music Azerbaijani-language operas Operas Operas set in Azerbaijan