We tend to encounter this situation: we cannot remember the content of an opera, but we can hum the wonderful arias casually. This is the so-called “remembering a play with one aria.” In opera, “music” accounts for more than half. Music includes “vocal music” and “instrumental music.”In traditional opera, “human voice” can touch people’s hearts more than “instruments” and can more easily arouse the audiences’ emotions and resonance - because vocal music contains two parts: melody & rhythm and language content, “it can both convey emotions and express meaning.”

Therefore, people commonly refer to opera performances as “singing a drama.” “Singing” is one of the main parts of opera music (the other is “reading out lines”), and it is also one of the main means to shape the character’s image, show the character's personality, and promote the development of the plot. The singing art of opera has developed many methods and techniques in its long-term development process. There are strict requirements for “voicing, enunciating words, and using breath.” In history, some performing arts masters created their own “singing genres” based on the above.Learning singing skills and even creating genres are both for one purpose: “to sing the mood of the music and move people with emotion,” which is the “highest aesthetic standard” of the art of opera singing. This is why people can always remember those wonderful arias - beautiful singing and moving singing leave an indelible impression on them and remain deeply in their memory.

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