"Seyfal mulk"
( az, Seyfəl mülk) – is an
Azerbaijani opera composed in 1915, by composer
Mashadi Jamil Amirov
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, birth_name = Məşədi Cəmil Əmiraslan oğlu Əmirov
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Mirza Gadir Ismayilzade, known as "Vusagi" (
Mikayil Mushfig
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's father) was the author of a libretto.
The opera was staged in 1915, in
Ganja
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Etymology
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for the first time and a year later was staged at
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre
The Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theater of Tbilisi ( ka, თბილისის ოპერისა და ბალეტის სახელმწიფო აკადემიური თეატრი), formerly known as the ...
(now Paliashvili Theater of Opera and Ballet of
Georgia).
Sidgi Ruhulla
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, birth_name = Ruhulla Akhundov
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, birth_place = Buzovna, Baku Uyezd, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire
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was a staging director of the opera. Singers such as Majid Behbudov (
Rashid Behbudov
Rashid Behbudov ( az, Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, Azerbaijani Cyrillic: Рашид Бейбутов; 14 December 1915 – 9 June 1989) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer and actor.
Rashid Behbudov was born in Tbilisi in 1915. His father, ...
’s father),
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,
Malibeyli Hamid and others performed the parts in the opera.
According to contemporary writers, composer Mashadi Jamil Amirov was the conductor of the opera.
The opera was staged in
Tbilisi and other cities of the
South Caucasus. Data about these tours are in the 304th issue of "Kommunist" newspaper of 1957 and 61st issues of "Bakinskiy Rabochiy" newspaper of March 16, 1988.
References
1915 operas
Azerbaijani-language operas
Opera in Azerbaijan
Operas set in Azerbaijan
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