The singing of opera is the first of the "four skills". Hou Hongqin's singing voice not only learns to inherit the flavor of the traditional Qin cavity, but also adopts the technique of popular songs, singing easily and smoothly, naturally and beautifully, giving the traditional Qin cavity a sense of the times. Whether it is the old audience of Qin Cavity or the young new audience, they can be moved by the charm and beauty of her singing voice. Beautiful things, after all, are attractive.
Hou Hongqin has a talented voice, its timbre, volume and musicality are beyond ordinary people, coupled with the scientific training of the day after tomorrow, it is even more icing on the cake, no wonder some viewers have crowned her with the elegant title of "Qin Du Lark". Her singing voice is particularly delicate and rounded, full of emotion, vocal emotion, and has a refreshing artistic beauty. For example, the singing voice in "Selling Water in the Garden": "The birds are constantly wailing, and it seems to be complaining to people about grievances." Goldfish, goldfish, fish play on the surface of the water, falling flowers are scattered. I'm like a mirror breaking the moon who lacks pity, I don't know when I will be reunited? She sang bitterly and poignantly, with a deep charm, and vividly expressed Huang Guiying's inner bitterness, grievances and pursuit of happy love that could not be independent of her marriage. "Fighting the Road" A song in which Huang Guiying confessed her grievances to her mother-in-law was also sympathetic and moving, such as: "Persuade the mother-in-law and suppress her heart, and listen to your daughter-in-law and tell you the history." My father killed the daughter of Rue, and the prince was forced to die. The daughter-in-law has no plan to save her husband, and vows to live and die together. He left the mansion without permission and went to the court to pay homage to mingxin. This singing can be said to have reached the fusion of vocal cavity and emotion, and the direct singing is full of poignant and full of sighs. The singing voice of Huang Guiying to Li Yangui in "Sacrifice Pile" was also touching, and the audience was all intoxicated. If the two scenes of "Garden Tour" and "Selling Water" express the static beauty of Boudoir Dan with a low mood, then the two scenes of "Hitting the Road" and "Sacrifice Pile" are the dynamic beauty of Boudoir Dan with exciting emotions. The former is a wave of suppressed feelings, like a spring flowing under the ice, a pharyngeal cry; while the latter is to open the floodgates of feelings, like a silver bottle suddenly broken, high-pitched and beautiful, so that the character's suppressed inner feelings have been fully vented, and this catharsis has not lost its measure. This scale Hou Hongqin mastered very well. Because her voice is more abundant, her breath is smooth, the use of sound can be light and heavy, large and small, high and low, and the combination of true and false sounds is also well handled.
Plum Blossom Version of "Flame Foal"
Hou Hongqin - Huang Guiying
Bian Xiao - Li Yangui
Zhang Tao - Li Yangui
Li Dongqiao - Li Yanrong
Dou Fengqin - Lady Li
Qi Aiyun - Yun Xiang
Zhao Yangwu - Huang Zhang
Li Shufang - Zhou Ruiju
Wei Xiaobing - Ai Qian
Li Xiaoxiong - Wang Liang
Excerpt from Yang Juli's "The Charm of Hou Hongqin"
Editor/Liu Jun Review/Yang Yao Final Review/He Jun