Koroghlu
Music by Uzeyir Hajibeyov · libretto by Habib İsmayılov · premiered 1937 · at Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
Koroghlu (Azerbaijani: Koroğlu; literally, The Blind Man's Son) is an opera in five acts by Uzeyir Hajibeyov to a libretto in Azerbaijani by Habib Ismayilov, with poetry by Mammed Said Ordubadi. The libretto is based on episodes from the Epic of Koroghlu, a heroic legend prominent in the oral traditions of the Turkic peoples. The opera premiered on April 30, 1937, at the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater.
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About the Composer
Uzeyir Hajibeyov is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Uzeyir Hajibeyov
- Husband and Wife (1910)
- If Not That One, Then This One (1910)
- Asli and Kerem (1912)
- Harun and Leyla (1915)