INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO THE RESEARCH OF SOME TYPICAL FEATURES OF OPERAS IN AZERBAIJAN

In this scientific article have been researched some features of development of national professional music operas in Azerbaijan. Opera takes important place among the musical scene works created by the Azerbai- jani composers and has already passed a century long development way. This history of Azerbaijani professional music starts with opera genre. The first Azerbaijani national opera, “Leyli and Mejnun” was written by U. Hajibayov in 1908 and based on the traditional oral musical professional genre ? mugham. Mugham opera con- structed a bridge between the traditional mugham which carries genetic code of Azerbaijani people and the con- temporary Azerbaijani national music, and put foundation of the Azerbaijani musical theatre. Thus, the glimpse of the development history of the Azerbaijani opera allows us to state the prevalence of the creative attitude to the classical traditions in the national operas, the tenderness of the dramaturgy, the variety of the choir scenes and other similar qualities