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“LEYLI AND MAJNUN”
(Opera in 2 Acts, 5 Scenes)

Conductor: Ayub Guliyev, Honored Art Worker
Stage Director: Nijat Kazimov, Honored Artist
Set Designer: Tehran Babayev, Honored Cultural Worker
Choirmaster: Sevil Hajiyeva, Honored Art Worker
Choreographer: Yuri Lobachev, Honored Artist
Tar Soloist: Elkhan Mansurov, Honored Artist

Cast:

Leyli — Ravana Amiraslanli
Majnun — Khayal Huseynov
Leyli’s Father — Rza Khosrovzadeh
Leyli’s Mother — Humay Mammadova
Majnun’s Father — Mutallim Damirov
Majnun’s Mother — Afaq Agayeva
Ibn Salam — Tayyar Bayramov, Honored Artist
Nofal — Jahangir Gurbanov, Honored Artist
Zeyd — Mahabbat Safarov
Leyli (Ballet) — Maryam Shabakayeva
Majnun (Ballet) — Rustam Hajiyev
Leyli (Narrator) — Aygun Fatullayeva
Majnun (Narrator) — Bahram Aliheyder
Leyli (Child) — Lalezar Ibrahimli
Majnun (Child) — Adil Alizade
“Oyuq” Children’s Theatre

Synopsis Act I

Scene 1 – The Schoolyard.
Qays falls deeply in love with his classmate Leili. He confesses his feelings, pledging eternal devotion. When their peers discover them together, Leili is taken away. Qays’s parents promise to seek her hand in marriage.

Scene 2.
Their love becomes the talk of the town. Leili’s mother forbids her from returning to school. Majnun’s father proposes marriage but is rejected. Ibn-Salam, another suitor, is accepted, and Leili laments her fate.

Act II

Scene 3 – Ibn-Salam’s House.
Leili is married but remains heartbroken. Majnun, tormented by sorrow, appears near her home. His despair drives him into the desert.

Scene 4 – The Desert.
In the wilderness, Majnun finds solace in his visions of Leili. The warrior Nofel, moved by his story, vows to reunite them by force, but learning that Leili is already married, he ceases the battle.

Scene 5 – Leili’s Death.
Consumed by grief, Leili grows weaker. She admits that as long as her love for Majnun lives, she can never love another. She dies with his image in her heart.

Scene 6 – At Leili’s Grave.
Hearing of her death, Majnun rushes to her grave, mourning bitterly. Overcome with pain, he embraces her tomb and dies, united with his beloved forever.