Hung Sin Nui

Hung Sin Nui

Cantonese Opera Stars

She was regarded as one of the greatest treasures of Cantonese opera and Hong Kong cinema.[1] She was famous for her unique sweet, crisp, smooth and coquettish "Hung tone" (紅腔) of singing which incorporated the techniques of Beijing Opera, Kunqu, and Western opera singing method.

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Person

Female

25/ 12/ 1924

8/12/ 2013

Guangzhou, Guangdong province

The butterfly lovers (梁山伯，祝英台),The Judge Goes to Pieces (審死官), The Spoiled Princess” (刁蠻宮主) and “Wild Flowers are Sweeter” (野花香)

She was invited to leave a handprint at the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Much of Hung's work and documents of her career are preserved at the Hung Sin-nui Arts Center in Guangzhou, which was opened 1998 by the Guangzhou city government to commemorate and preserve her contribution to the art of Cantonese opera,.