Yixiaoping
Lineage & School of Heritage
She came from a family of opera performers and studied under the Huaiju actor Xiao Huichun; at eleven she entered the Jingcheng Huaiju Troupe of Shanghai as a trainee, and at seventeen she became a leading young performer of the Puguang Huaiju Troupe, starring in such signature pieces as Qin Xianglian (Qin Xiang Lian).
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Born in June 1947, she is a woman of Han ethnicity from Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. In practice she learned from the celebrated performers then influential in Huaiju circles, among them Xiaowenyan, Ma Xiuying and Wu Xiaofeng, emulating their strengths to make up for her own shortcomings. She paid particular attention to the study of Huaiju vocal method, absorbing techniques from Shanghai opera, Yue opera and Pingju into Huaiju singing and gradually forming a vocal style of her own. Her representative works include Liu Yanniang (Liu Yan Niang), Wu Han's Three Killings (Wu Han San Sha), The Bond of the Jade Cup (Yu Bei Yuan) and Qin Xianglian (Qin Xiang Lian). The Bond of the Jade Cup and Qin Xianglian, among others, have been recorded and released on disc.
Honors & Recognition
She is a representative bearer of Huaiju opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 1962 she took part in the Shanghai Youth Festival of Opera and won first prize. She has trained the Yue opera performer Zhang Yongmei and a group of outstanding Huaiju performers including Huang Daojing, Li Qing and Xu Qing.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Huaiju Opera Ⅳ-102
- Huaiju Opera Ⅳ-102
- Huaiju Opera Ⅳ-102
- Huaiju Opera Ⅳ-102
Profile
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