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Hagigat Rzayeva
Azerbaijani singer and actor

Hagigat Rzayeva

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Azerbaijani singer and actor
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Lankaran
Place of death
Baku
Age
62 years
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Biography

Hagigat Ali qizi Rzayeva (Azerbaijani: Həqiqət Rzayeva) (20 May 1907, Lankaran – 2 August 1969, Baku) was an Azerbaijani actress and singer (folk, opera, and pop).

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Hagigat Rzayeva was born in a small village near Lankaran (southeastern Azerbaijan). Her father died of pneumonia when she was eighteen months old. Her mother then married for the second time to a religious fanatic who often forbade Hagigat pursue her academic and artistic endeavours that in his view prevented her from conforming to an image of a "perfect Muslim girl." Nevertheless, in 1917 she started attending Maryam Bayramalibeyova's secular Uns School for Girls in Lankaran, where a variety of activities helped her acting and singing skills improve and develop. After Sovietization, Rzayeva moved to Baku to receive a post-secondary degree in teaching. While acting in an amateur on-campus theatre she took interest in opera and professional dramatic arts. After being tested by composer Muslim Magomayev she was hired to the Azerbaijan Opera Theatre against her family's will. It was then, at age twenty, that Rzayeva decided to completely abandon religious tradition and dedicate herself to acting despite uneasy terms with her relatives. She was admitted to the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire to study professional mugham (Azeri folk music genre) and opera. For fifteen years she performed with opera singer Huseyngulu Sarabski. In 1930 and 1934 she also appeared in three films. Hagigat Rzayeva was recognized as the People's Artist of Azerbaijan in 1943 and continued acting in the Opera Theatre until her retirement in 1952. Her most famous roles are those of Arabzangi (Leyli and Majnun by Uzeyir Hajibeyov) and Sanam (O olmasin, bu olsun by Uzeyir Hajibeyov).

She married Huseyn Rzayev, the stage manager of the Opera Theatre, and had three children. Their two sons pursued career in professional music while their daughter became a literature instructor at the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire.

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