Her mother then got married for the second time to a religious fanatic who often forbade Hagigat to pursue her academic and artistic endeavors that in his view prevented her from conforming to an image of a "perfect Muslim girl.

"[2] Nevertheless, in 1917 she started attending Maryam Bayramalibeyova's secular Uns School for Girls in Lankaran, where a variety of activities helped her acting and singing skills improve and develop.

It was then, at age twenty, that Rzayeva decided to completely abandon religious tradition and dedicate herself to acting despite uneasy terms with her relatives.

[2] She was admitted to the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire to study professional mugham (Azeri folk music genre) and opera.

Her most famous roles are those of Arab Zangi (Shah Ismayil by Muslim Magomayev) and Sanam (O olmasin, bu olsun by Uzeyir Hajibeyov).