First performance staged in Azerbaijani theater since beginning of pandemic

The Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater hosts an opera performance "Leyli and Majnun" as part of the 13th Uzeyir Hajibayli International Music Festival.

According to Report, this is the first theatrical performance in Azerbaijan in a pandemic.

The main parts of the show are performed by the laureate of the republican mugam competition Ravana Amiraslanli (Leyli) and the honored artist Elnur Zeynalov (Majnun). Honored artists Tayyar Bayramov (Majnun's father), Jahangir Gurbanov (Nofal), and others also participated in the performance. The opera performance is directed by Honored Art Worker, Presidential Award winner Sevil Hajiyeva.

The audience came to the theater by invitation. They were let in and placed following the rules established by the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers against the coronavirus.