What is the story of Huang Ying in history?

Teacher Huang Ying, a famous soprano singer, the first Chinese singer to play the heroine in an opera film, is an outstanding Chinese singer active in today's world music scene, praised by Western authoritative media as "China's flying nightingale", and known as the "Oriental nightingale" soprano singer.

Our predecessors, like Hu Xiaoping, Gao Manhua, Zhang Jianyi, were the first batch of winners of international vocal competitions to win glory for the country, they were fifteen years old at the time, they were their idols, I think they are all professional students, graduated from the Higher Conservatory of Music, then I think, I must take this road in the future, as a world-class singer, standing on the international stage of singing. The year when she was fifteen years old is still vivid in Huang Ying's mind, not only because of her first TV performance as the first place winner in the Shanghai Child Star Competition in that year, but also because in that year, she made the first choice related to her life's artistic path. The leaders of the front-line song and dance troupe, they wore military uniforms, to their own homes, their own families lived in Anfu Road at the time, we watched you sing the girl's song on Shanghai TV, at that time, I remember that they said, we have selected Mao Amin to the front-line song and dance troupe, this batch, then you are singing bel canto and folk songs, young actors are very promising, we hope that you will put on a military uniform tomorrow, if you agree you can go. The enviable job of the Army Art Troupe is irresistible for Huang Ying, who is only fifteen years old and has a future full of unknowns, and he can become a professional actor on the stage without studying hard, but the young Huang Ying made a decision that surprised everyone. I remember that I said that I want to be admitted to the Conservatory of Music, can you send me to the Conservatory of Music for further study in the future, those leaders said of course yes, but my instinct still told me that it seems that this direction is not what I am pursuing, I hope to become a world-class singer representing China, and only the Conservatory of Music, a higher music institution, can truly realize my ideals. In 1992, Huang Ying defeated more than 100 contestants from 36 countries and won the second place at the 19th Paris International Vocal Competition in France. At the same time, she was invited to cooperate with the National Symphony Orchestra of Toulouse in France and held a winners' concert, which was praised by the European authoritative media as "the nightingale flying from China", and Huang Ying also ushered in the spring of her life. Huang Ying graduated with honors from the vocal music department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, but her student career was far from over, three years later, the movie "Madama Butterfly" brought Huang Ying countless audiences and performance contracts, and after integrating into the Western classical music world, she saw the shortcomings and gaps of Eastern musicians. First of all, we sing mainly in Italian, and there are some French operas, German operas, of course, Russian operas, and now there are many of our own new operas in China, but basically they are sung in the language of Italian opera, so we are also very lacking in education in China, including the conservatory, this is our own experience, because we singers, after going abroad, we have to take a lot of detours, because the foundation is not enough, so it takes a lot of time. Energy and financial resources to make up for this course. In addition to studying at the prestigious Juilliard School in the United States, Huang Ying also studied with Italian singer Letana Lee, one of the world's top ten soprano singers. Skodo was taught by Skodo, who studied the artistic essence of Italian opera. I am studying while working, and I feel that when I am in every opera house, for example, at the Cologne Opera House in Germany, because it usually takes a month or even two months to perform opera, and the time in Europe is relatively long, so during this time, I will seize the time to learn German, seize the time to learn other new repertoire for the next part, and practice new repertoire when performing this opera, so I learn new works from the experts of the opera house and music coaches, and before the film promotion in France, I am also learning the next piece with the music coach of the Paris Opera, and I am constantly accumulating. Ten years in the United States is a decade for Huang Ying to think in struggle, after "Madama Butterfly", "Falstaff", "Rigoletto", "The Marriage of Figaro", "A Woman's Heart", "The Magic Flute", "Don Juan" and so on, one after another. In these performances, Huang Ying's diligence not only enabled her to continue to mature in terms of technique and expressiveness, but more importantly, in the process of cooperating with the masters again and again and resonating with the audience, she found the most suitable development direction for herself, that is, singing ancient music. After acting in opera films, some opera houses have invited them to play the role of Madama Butterfly, on the opera stage in the West, but their agents have to explain a lot, explaining that her voice is not suitable, not suitable, she should sing Mozart, Haydn's works. In the early days, I never sang Mozart, Haydn's opera, I never sang the whole opera, ten years later, I felt that I could have a lot in art, I could continue to excavate, especially my voice is very suitable for singing ancient music, these masters have already pointed out themselves, you should concentrate and sing more ancient music, the early music is called ancient music, just like Bach and Haydn as a model, I went to Europe, England, England, in fact, I think it is a very classical modern city, especially London, Because it is also a center of Western culture and art, it is more avant-garde in many aspects, and at the same time has a cultural heritage, and it is the Royal Opera House, the Royal Academy of Music, which has a lot of very original and very good high-level ancient music experts, although this time it is only 6 weeks, I have already taken lessons with three professors, and each ancient music has its own unique style, so it is very interesting, I have taken a lot of lessons with them, and the tuition fees for individual classes are very expensive, you say that I pursue it, this is also an investment, This is very important, I have studied a lot of Haydn's works, including Haydn's "Four Seasons" performed in Beijing and Shanghai this time. "Four Seasons" is an oratorio created by Haydn in his later years, with four movements to show the natural cycle of the four seasons, this oratorio "Four Seasons" premiered in China, Huang Ying was invited to sing soprano, this work more than 200 years ago has a large number of quaint recitatives, in order to sing the charm of ancient music, Huang Ying has made a lot of full preparations. I learned German with two professional German professors, mastered the vocabulary relatively completely, and at the same time took classes with some British professors, so I was more confident in the grasp of style, because looking at the score, it seems that a lot of lyrical sopranos can sing, but you have to sing with pure taste, this is different, you can hear it, especially experts, he knows. After a month of preparation, I listened to a lot of records, this kind of work is desk work, different versions of records, different singers, like a version conducted by Karajan, there is another British composer, and there is also a conductor's early music singing group recordings, I did a lot of comparisons, and borrowing, and then formed my own style, according to my own sound characteristics, after mastering the style, and then perfecting it, so the last step is to cooperate with the conductor. A week ago and now, the requirements of each conductor are different, and his emphasis on speed, color, timbre, and verbal articulation is different. The sheet of music in Huang Ying's hand is filled with German, English and Chinese, recording her study and thinking about this oratorio, but it is like a book that records Huang Ying's journey all the way to study, recording her perseverance, diligence, self-confidence and self-reliance.

New challenges have always been a key word in Huang Ying's life dictionary, from more than 200 outstanding contestants to get the role of "Madama Butterfly", as a newcomer who has just debuted, but with Domingo, Carreras and other world masters on the same stage, after winning the award, learning a new and difficult classical bel canto singing in Europe, Huang Ying continues to choose new challenges on her own music path. "Harem Escape" is Mozart's most praised work, the twists and turns of the storyline, three-dimensional and multi-faceted characters, complex and profound emotions, all of which put forward extremely high requirements for the performer's control of volume, timbre and character, and the performance of this work is undoubtedly a huge challenge for Huang Ying as a Chinese. However, at the 80th anniversary celebration performance of Shangyin, Huang Ying unexpectedly sang the aria in this work, no matter what kind of punishment is waiting for me, I dedicate my latest achievements to my alma mater.

Then I also have high requirements for myself in art, so I am constantly challenging, and at that time I chose "Harem Escape", eight and a half minutes, which is also an aria, and there are very few sopranos abroad who dare to sing this aria. Mozart has written a lot of soprano works, from trumpet to tuba soprano, there are different works, "Harem Escape" is actually a little more lyrical soprano to sing, it is more comfortable, I was giving myself a challenge, I thought that the voice might be able to do it now, so I wanted to try it for the first time. I was very nervous at the time, and it was the 80th anniversary of the school, so some of the teachers in the orchestral department of the conservatory, who were our former classmates, said oh, your choice is too difficult, why are you so tired. I was very nervous before going on stage, because Mozart's music was a tearful smile, and his spirit was in a kind of childlike state, but to achieve such a sound perfection, almost perfect lines, a flawless voice with a large line to sing, and to achieve such a perfect state, to give the audience a perfect feeling, it is a great challenge for singers. Mozart is not good at singing, Puccini is sometimes better than him, because Mozart depends on your basic skills, and the works of these early music composers are based on basic skills, at that time, I thought, it is a new idea for the Chinese audience, but also a challenge for myself, to see if I can be qualified for this role, in the future, after singing, I give myself an evaluation, I have worked hard, but, it may be a while before I can sing the whole role.

There are no easy paths or shortcuts to the arts, honor and suffering often accompany each other, and now Huang Ying is known as the world's most popular soprano singer performing Mozart's operas, but what is not well known is the difficulties and loneliness she once faced alone. The past ten years have also been very hard, because you have to overcome a lot of difficulties in life, to adapt to life in the West, and to overcome spiritual loneliness, you have left your family, relatives and friends, and you have to concentrate on learning new repertoire, in the past ten years, I have sometimes encountered cultural barriers and differences in my work, a misunderstanding, from not understanding to understanding, until reaching a consensus, and truly integrating into their society, so this is very difficult, so we have experienced different twists and turns in overseas Chinese.