CULTURE
COMMEMORATION MEETING OF PEOPLE’S ARTIST SULEYMAN ALASGAROV TOOK PLACE
A commemoration meeting to mark 80th anniversary of prominent representative of Azerbaijani national music, people’s artist, professor Suleyman Alasgarov took place on February 22 in the Azerbaijan State Theater of Musical Comedy.
Art director and director general of the theater, people’s artist Hajibala Bagirov and others told of Suleyman Alasgarov’s services in development of Azerbaijani musical culture and highly rated the Presidential decree of February 20, 2004 to perpetuate the composer’s memory.
It was noted that operetta takes its special place in S. Alasgarov’s creativity. His operettas played an inestimable role in development of the musical comedy genre in Azerbaijan. Each of these operettas was evaluated as a remarkable event in musical life of Azerbaijan and gained affection, and love of people.
In conclusion, two-act operetta “Each one has his star” by people’s artist Suleyman Alasgarov written on libretto of Isa Melikzadeh was shown on the stage.