Ahmed Agdamski
Ahmed Agdamski Аымед Агдамски | |
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Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union | |
Other names | Ahmed Bashir oglu Badalbeyli, Ahmed Badalbeyli |
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
Ahmed Agdamski (
Biography
Ahmadbey Badalbeyli was born on January 5, 1884, in
Scenic activity of the actor began in 1910, with attendance of a theatrical troupe of “Nijat” charity union. He was famous for his performance of women roles in various operas in the early history of Azeri Opera, when women's appearance on stage was strictly forbidden by religion and tradition. But later he began to play male parts, too. Besides all these he also was engaged in pedagogic activity. He was always persecuted because of playing women's parts. Ahmedbey changed his surname and address. For several years he was known as Miri. At the beginning of the 1920s he returned to Karabakh, where he established a theatrical troupe in Aghdam city, in 1923. In 1934, he moved to Agdash.[1]
In 1943, Ahmad Agdamski was conferred “Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan” title.
He died on April 1, 1954.
Muslim women were not allowed to play in theater in Azrebaijan and this is why men played female parts. Ahmed Agdamski, whose nice voice and fine constitution helped him in creation female roles, was one of them. He played pieces of Leyli (“
In 1916, Agmed Agdamski was shot in “Arshin mal alan”, the first Azerbaijani comedy-film, which was based on motifs of an opera of the same name written by Uzeyir Hajibeyov.
Agdamski also played the female role of Gulchohra in the 1917 Azeri film
References
- ^ a b Əhməd Ağdamski Archived 2012-12-31 at archive.today (in Azerbaijani)
- ^ Галина Микеладзе. (2007). "Композитор, дирижер, музыковед, публицист". «Каспий». Archived from the original on 2018-10-01.
- ^ История становления киноискусства Азербайджана. Период немого кино (1920—1935)
Literature
- Huseynov, Rafael. The Thousand and Second Night. Baku, Ishyq, 1988. ISBN 5-89650-085-8(in Azeri)
External links and sources
- Ahmed Agdamski at IMDb