Azerbaijan State Song Theatre

Azerbaijan State Song Theatre named after Rashid Behbudov

Address	Baku  Azerbaijan
Coordinates	40°22′29″N 49°50′49″E
Owner	Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan
Type	State theatre
Opened	1968
Years active	1968—present

The Azerbaijan State Song Theatre named after Rashid Behbudov (Azerbaijani: Rəşid Behbudov adına Dövlət Mahnı Teatrı) is located in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, on Rashid Behbudov Street, and is named after Rashid Behbudov, who founded it in 1968.^[1]

The theatre building was originally built as a synagogue in 1901.^[2][3] It is in the Greek Revival style, with an Ionic order portico, and in the ornamented pediment there is a central lyre where a representation of the Tablets of Stone once featured.

The theatre's repertoire consists of folk songs, mugams and tasnifs, as well as works of national composers like Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Gara Garayev, Fikrat Amirov and Tofig Guliyev. Popular artists, such as Zaur Rzayev, Ilhama Guliyeva, Mubariz Taghiyev, Azar Zeynalov, Zohra Abdullayeva and Aybaniz Hashimova, worked in the theatre.^[4]

See also

• History of the Jews in Azerbaijan
• List of synagogue in Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijani culture

References

1. "Azerbaijan State Song Theatre". Azerbaijan. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
2. Gruber, Sam. "Azerbaijan: New Synagogue in Baku". Samuel Gruber's Jewish Art & Monuments. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
3. "Baku". Jewish Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
4. "Azerbaijan State Song Theatre by Rashid Behbudov". Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2010-12-24.