7, 1919 in Baku, with a benefit performance of Huseyngulu Sarabski. Muslim Magomayev was conductor and Huseyn Arablinski was director of the opera. Actors were: H.Sarabski - Shah Ismail, M.H.Teregulov - Aslan Shah and Huseynagha Hajibababeyov – Gulzar. Nargiz Nargiz is the second opera by Muslim Magomayev, 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. Music of the opera consists of folk songs of Azerbaijan. In 1938, the opera was shown during the Decade of Azerbaijani Arts in Moscow, with the editorship of Reinhold Glière. It is also noted that, the opera narrates about a struggle of Azerbaijani peasants for the Soviet Power. “Nargiz” is the first Azerbaijani opera on a modern theme. See also Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh Uzeyir Hajibeyov Azerbaijani composers References 1885 births 1937 deaths People from Groznensky District People from Terek Oblast Azerbaijani composers Azerbaijani conductors (music) Azerbaijani opera composers Soviet opera composers Soviet composers Soviet male composers Soviet conductors (music) 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in the Soviet Union Male classical composers 20th-century Azerbaijani musicians 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century male musicians Tuberculosis deaths in Russia Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary alumni