The Creative Features And Singing Analysis Of The Aria "I Don’t Know Which Direction The Wind Is Blowing"

"I Don’t Know In Which Direction the Wind Blows" is one of the most iconic arias from the opera "In Which Direction the Wind Blows",which is made up of 8acts.The aria "I don’t know in which direction the wind blows" appears in Act 6 of the opera "Life in Distress",which tells the story of Xu Zhimo,who receives an invitation from Lin Huiyin,but is unable to attend her lecture due to the distress of his and Lu Xiaoman’s current life,and sings this aria as he recalls the past and his emotions come flooding back to him.This essay focuses on the combination of tone and poetry,lyrical features and analysis of the composition of the aria "I don’t know in which direction the wind is blowing",starting from the background of the composition.Most importantly,the aria’s creative feature is the combination with personal singing practices.And the emotional processing and articulation of aria are summarized and analyzed in the paper.The purpose is to provide some help to those who will be singing it in the future.