Sona Ayyub gizi Mustafayeva (Baghirova) (, June 22, 1916 — 1999) was an Azerbaijani vocalist-actress. She was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

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

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).

Sona Mustafayeva

S. Mustafayeva died in 1999 in Baku.

Sona Mustafayeva

Awards

Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — June 17, 1943

Main roles

References

Literature

20th-century Azerbaijani actresses

1916 births

1999 deaths

Soviet actresses

Soviet sopranos

Honored Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR