Gulchohra and Asgar

Completed Theatre

• Azerbaijan State Academic Musical Theatre
• 18 Jan 2026 - 18 Jan 2026

“Gulchohra and Asgar”

Premiere: November 18, 22 & 23 at 19:00
Genre: Musical drama
Age restriction: 16+

Written by: prominent scholar, academician, People’s Writer Kamal Abdulla
Composer: renowned composer, Honored Art Worker Javanshir Guliyev
Stage Director: Honored Art Worker, Presidential Award laureate Asgar Asgarov
Conductor: Honored Art Worker Fakhreddin Atayev
Stage Designer: Vusal Rahim
Choreographer: Honored Artist Nigar Shahmuradova
Choirmaster: Honored Artist Vagif Mastanov
Director: Elmaddin Dadashov
Concertmaster: Fidan Aliyeva
Assistant Directors: Tamilla Aslanova, Chimnaz Baghirova

Cast:

Honored Artists: Azizaga Azizov, Almaz Alasgarova, Iqrar Aliyev
Presidential Award Laureates: Samedzade Khasiyev, Mehriban Zaliyeva
Also starring: Nijat Ali, Turkel Tariqpeyma, Gulnara Abdullayeva, Gultaj Alili,
Elnara Nagdaliyeva, Elkhan Ismayilov, Elchin Imanov, Faiq Mirzayev,
Rauf Babayev, Narmin Aliyeva, Ibrahim Alizade, Ali Karimov,
Subhan Rustamov, Orkhan Huseynov, Kamil Jafarov

The performance also features the choir and ballet ensemble.

About the performance

The musical drama “Gulchohra and Asgar” is a powerful and thought-provoking continuation of Uzeyir Hajibeyli’s classic work “Arshin mal alan”, known for its happy ending.
Set during the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic era, the play portrays the political and social upheavals of that time, especially the devastating impact of the Bolshevik invasion on the country’s fate.

Through the tragic destinies of Asgar and Gulchohra, the production vividly reflects the spirit of an entire epoch.
Asgar’s years of hardship in Siberia and Gulchohra’s endless waiting in despair form not only a story of unfulfilled love, but also a poetic chronicle of a nation’s enduring strength, memory, and unbreakable will.