Sona Mustafayeva

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.

Sona Mustafayeva
Born	(1916-06-22)June 22, 1916 Baku, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	1999 (aged 82–83) Baku, Azerbaijan
Citizenship	Russian Empire → ADR → Soviet Union → Azerbaijan
Occupation	vocalist-actress
Years active	1930
Organization	Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
Awards

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

• Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — June 17, 1943

Main roles

Role	Play	Author
Nigar	Koroghlu	Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Gulchohra	Arshin Mal Alan	Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Gulnaz	Mashadi Ibad	Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Aghja giz	Ashig Garib	Zulfugar Hajibeyov
Gulzar	Shah Ismayil	Muslim Magomayev
Nargiz and Naznaz	Nargiz	Muslim Magomayev
Dilbar	Vatan	Gara Garayev and Jovdat Hajiyev
Shirin	Khosrov and Shirin	Niyazi
Rana	Nizami	Afrasiyab Badalbeyli
Durna	Durna	Suleyman Rustam and Said Rustamov

Literature

• Rəhimli, İ. (2017). Azərbaycan Teatr Ensiklopediyası (3 cilddə). Vol. 3-cü cild. Bakı: Azərnəşr. 416 səh. ISBN 978-5-86874-179-1.
• Театральная энциклопедия: [в 6 т.] Vol. Т. 3. Кетчер — Нежданова. Москва: Советская энциклопедия. 1964. 1086 стб. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)