People’s artist of Uzbekistan, Habiba Okhunova effectively served for the development of musical art and left a significant mark on history. The future singer was born on January 10, 1943 in Asaka, Andijan province.
He began to take an interest in art as a student. From a young age, she sang and danced in various audition contests, winning pride places. In 1959, 16-year-old Habiba Okhunova came to the attention of the then leaders of the Andijan regional theater, the art figures of the Republic of Uzbekistan Muqimjon Habibov and Abboskhan Bakirov, and entered the regional theater as a dancer and actress.
Habiba Okhunova was invited to work at the Namangan Theater in 1963, where she continued to act as an actress and singer until 1994. The theatre was co-operated with Mukarrama Azizova, Muhriddin Mansurov, Karim Mansurov, Mamatkhan Ubaydullaev, Yoshboy Nuraliev, Mahmudzhan Isomiddinov, Tursunoy Mamedova and Kamoliddin Rahimov.
Her voice was a lyric dramatic soprano, enriching the culture of 20th-century Uzbek music with her musical works in singing, romance, musical drama and opera. It is worth noting that in musical dramas and operas, it mainly embodied the leading roles. In Particular, D.Silver in Faizi’s play “Zarafshan’s daughter“, Layli in Khurshid’s” Layli and Majnun“,” Farhad and Shirin”, and sweet, harmonious, I.In the Sultan’s “Alisher Navoi”, Guli, K.In Yashin’s “Gulsara”, Gulsara, A.In Tursun’s play “Mashrab” Gulruh, G‘.Halima in Zafari’s production of “Halima”, Yo.In Mirza’s” Anwar ila Ra’no”, Ra’no, S.Barchinoy and U. in Abdullah’s play “Alpomish”. Elga is known for her roles as Dezdemona and Ophelia in Shakespeare’s “Othello”, “Hamlet”.
H.Okhunova is a skillful performer of lyrical-dramatic images, her work is characterized by the fact that she delivers the mental state of the hero, feelings of trouble and anguish, anguish to the viewer with deep human pain.
His repertoire included “Alla”, “The Owl”, “if I haven’t seen you”, “with decency”, “My Ugly Homeland”, “nay nawosi”, “Your Love”, “Barno boy”, “with Sabo”, “yourself”, “Nay deb”, “The Bear”, “Taronai bayot” status tracks are popular among el. In addition, he also connected his creative activities with cinema. In” Sin”, the mother was played by Maromi with delivery.
Habiba Okhunova died in Namangan on the date of September 22, 1994, at the age of 52. The city of Namangan Cultural Palace was named after him. After the death of the artist, the Alla contest in the Republic also began to be held under the name Habiba Okhunova.