Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, May 8th (Reporter Jingwei Cheng) "Cantonese Rhyme Canton Tower-Famous Artists Weekend Stage" launched the "Ni Huiying Cantonese Opera·Cantonese Song Art Special" on the evening of the 7th, featuring famous Cantonese opera performers and Chinese drama Meihua Award winner Ni Huiying.

　　Ni Huiying was once awarded the title of "National Artistic and Virtuous Artist", and was known as "Golden Voice" and "King of Xiaoqu".

He is currently the vice chairman of the Guangdong Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the honorary chairman of the Guangdong Dramatists Association, the chairman of the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Promotion Association, and a librarian of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government.

Ni Huiying began to appear on the Cantonese opera stage at the age of 14, starring in "The Fragrant Daughter of the Sword at the End", "Fan Lixian Xi Shi", "The Legend of the White Snake", "The Love in the Western Chamber", "The Queen of Nanyue", "The King and the Concubine", and "Hua Yueying" More than 80 long Cantonese operas, including more than 5,000 performances, have created many dazzling artistic images. Its fresh, beautiful, tactful, and affectionate artistic style is unique in the history of Cantonese opera.

Over the years, she has performed in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries, Hong Kong and Macau, and has been warmly welcomed by audiences at home and abroad, and is well-known at home and abroad.

Ni Huiying (right) performed with famous Cantonese opera artists.

Photo courtesy of Guangzhou Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism Bureau

　　On the evening of May 7th, on the banks of the gurgling Pearl River, under the neon Guangzhou Tower, Ni Huiying brought the wonderful "Ni Huiying Cantonese Opera·Cantonese Song Art Special" to the audience.

Three well-known Cantonese opera performing artists, winners of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, Li Junsheng, Cui Yumei, Wu Feifei, and national first-class performer Huang Jian, and other art masters attended the show. Young artists such as Li Weicong, Huang Zhiyi, and Zhao Lifang were also invited to perform on the same stage. Perform a number of Cantonese opera and Cantonese songs.

　　In the special performance, the Cantonese opera excerpt "A Dream in the Garden" starring Ni Huiying and Li Junsheng presents the true and magical love story of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei into a very fascinating interpretation.

"A Dream in the Garden" was originally a fold in the classic work "The Peony Pavilion" by Tang Xianzu, a Chinese Ming Dynasty opera artist. The story of Liu Mengmei, the son of Zheliu, met and fell in love.

The work has been adapted and sung by various opera types.

Ni Huiying interprets Du Liniang, who is young and young in the play, vividly and vividly, and expresses Du Liniang's sadness of spring and dream meeting Liu Mengmei's reserved and longing for love inner emotions in a delicate and vivid manner.

　　Afterwards, Ni Huiying performed "Emperor Flower: Remembrance" in collaboration with his son, young singer Huang Zhiyi, and national first-level performer Huang Jian.

The song is a popular song full of Cantonese elements created, produced and recorded by Huang Zhiyi while studying at Xinghai Conservatory of Music.

The lyrics use modern texts to describe the poignant story of Zhou Shixian and Princess Changping's frustrated life and their death to the country in the end.

The song boldly uses popular music to collide with traditional operas, bred a novel and unique aesthetic.

　　That night, Ni Huiying also made her final debut with a Cantonese song "Butterfly and Flower".

　　In addition, in this special performance, Cui Yumei and Li Weicong performed one of Ni Huiying’s representative works of "Fan Lixian Xi Shi" excerpt "Dream Meeting Taihu Lake", and Wu Feiying performed an excerpt from Ni Huiying’s other representative work "June Snow" "June Fei Shuang" ", Zhao Lifang and Bi Hairong performed the wonderful martial arts "Da Jiao Zan".

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