Leyla and Majnun

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Uzeyir Hajibeyli

“LEILI AND MAJNUN”

(Opera in 2 acts, 6 scenes)

Libretto: Uzeyir Hajibeyli
(based on the poem “Leili and Majnun” by Muhammad Fuzuli)

Conductor: Honored Artist Ayyub Guliyev
Stage Director: Honored Art Worker Hafiz Guliyev
Stage Designer: People’s Artist Rafiz Ismayilov
Choirmaster: Honored Art Worker Sevil Hajiyeva
Choreographer: Honored Art Worker Yulana Alikishizade

Accompaniment:
Tar — People’s Artist Elchin Hashimov
Kamancha — Honored Artist Elnur Ahmadov

Cast:

Leili — People’s Artist Nezaket Teymurova
Majnun — People’s Artist Mansum Ibrahimov
Leili’s Father — Taleh Yahyayev
Leili’s Mother — Ayten Maharramova
Majnun’s Father — Mutallim Damirov
Majnun’s Mother — Humay Mammadova
Ibn-Salam — Honored Artist Tayyar Bayramov
Nofel — Honored Artist Jahangir Gurbanov
Zeyd — Nazar Beylarov
Sheikh — Mehebbet Safarov

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.