Sona Mustafayeva
# Sona Mustafayeva

Sona Ayyub gizi Mustafayeva (Baghirova) (Azerbaijani: Sona Əyyub qızı Mustafayeva (Bağırova), June 22, 1916 — 1999) was an Azerbaijani vocalist-actress. She was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

## Biography

Sona Mustafayeva was born on June 22, 1916, in Baku. From 1930 she performed as a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theater.

Sona Mustafayeva, who had a lyrical soprano voice, helped the troupe for about a year by invitation when the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy began operating as an independent theater in 1938. Here she performed the parts of Gulchohra and Gulnaz ("Arshin Mal Alan" and "Mashadi Ibad", Uzeyir Hajibeyov).

S. Mustafayeva died in 1999 in Baku.

## Awards

* Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — June 17, 1943
