''Nizami'' is an

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 libr ...

, first staged in 1948, composed by

Afrasiyab Badalbeyli Afrasiyab Badal bey oghlu Badalbeyli ( az, Əfrasiyab Bədəl bəy oğlu Bədəlbəyli) (19 April 1907, in Baku – 6 January 1976, in Baku) was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer, with noble Iranian origins (he was the descendant of Bahman Mirza an ...

to a libretto by

Mammed Said Ordubadi Mammad Said Ordubadi ( az, Məmməd Səid Ordubadi; 24 March 1872, Ordubad - 1 May 1950, Baku) was Azerbaijani writer, poet, playwright and journalist. Ordubadi, started his career as a poet. His articles and poetry were published in many of ...

History

In 1939, in connection with the upcoming 800th anniversary of

Nizami Ganjavi Nizami Ganjavi ( fa, نظامی گنجوی, lit=Niẓāmī of Ganja, translit=Niẓāmī Ganjavī; c. 1141–1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was ''Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī'',Mo'in ...

, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli was charged with creation of an opera about the life of the great thinker and poet of the 12th century. But, the premiere of the opera was postponed because of the beginning of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. On December 12, 1948, the opera was staged in Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater for the first time.

References

{{authority control Operas by Afrasiyab Badalbeyli Operas Azerbaijani-language operas 1948 operas Operas set in Azerbaijan Nizami Ganjavi Operas set in the 12th century