Ahmad Agdamski
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Ahmed Agdamski was the stage name
of Ahmed Bashir oglu Badalbeyli (January 5, 1884, Shusha
, Elisabethpol Governorate
(Russian Empire) – April 1, 1954, Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR
) who was an Azerbaijan
i opera singer, mugam singer
and actor
.
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. Agdamski also played the female role of Gulchohra in the 1917 Azeri film The Cloth Peddler
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of Ahmed Bashir oglu Badalbeyli (January 5, 1884, Shusha
Shusha
Shusha , also known as Shushi is a town in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus. It has been under the control of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since its capture in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War...
, Elisabethpol Governorate
Elisabethpol Governorate
Elisabethpol Governorate or Elizavetpol Governorate was one of the guberniyas of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Elisabethpol . Its area was 44,136 sq. kilometres, and it had 878,415 inhabitants by 1897....
(Russian Empire) – April 1, 1954, Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Azerbaijan SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union....
) who was an Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
i opera singer, mugam singer
Mugham
Mugam also known as Azerbaijani Mugham is one of the many folk musical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrast with Tasnif, Ashugs. Mugam draws on Iranian-Arabic-Turkish Maqam....
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
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. Agdamski also played the female role of Gulchohra in the 1917 Azeri film The Cloth Peddler
The Cloth Peddler (1917 film)
The Cloth Peddler was a full-length Azerbaijani silent comedy film made in Baku in 1917, based on the operetta by the famous Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov.-Plot:...