Artist Thanh Phu dies at the age of 77: Life is very hard, famous thanks to "the world"

With passion and professional experience, artist Thanh Phu once founded the Kim Dong troupe. He has contributed to teaching artists such as Kim Tu Long, Le Giang, Bao Ngoc, Thien Kim ...

Artist Thanh Phu was once the famous "poison dual" of the Kim Chung state, who many times became a "reluctant savior" when taking on the role of the top singing duo and was dubbed the "king of the world" - died on December 3 due to advanced age and weakness.

Thanh Phu's funeral was held at his home in District 8, HCMC. Entombment ceremony 11 o'clock Dec. 3. Ceremony 6 o'clock on 5-12, followed by cremation at Da Phuoc Cemetery, Binh Chanh.

Thanh Phu and the times of replacing the role of "millionaire singer"

Artist Thanh Phu was born in 1946 in Hoc Mon. His father, Nguyen, was born in January, the year of Tuat, so his parents named him Nguyen Gieng Tuat.

When he was 11 years old, he fell in love with the arts, following artist Hung Anh - the son of artist Minh Chi, a drummer in the Changchun band at that time.

In his youth, in addition to learning to read, he wandered around singing troupes, performing around the villages near his home. It was these days that kindled in his heart the will to pursue the profession of an actor.

By the time he was 14 years old (1960), he realized that to become an actor he had to learn properly from rhythm, song to choreography, performance.

At this time, knowing that the Dong Au Minh To troupe was operating at Dinh Cau Quan (Thai Hung, District 1), he decided to apply for an apprenticeship troupe, at that time Minh To artisans were teaching child actors who were descendants of the family including: People's People's Committee Thanh Tong, Truong Son People's Committee, artist Xuan Yen, Thanh Loan, Bach Le, Buu Truyen, Thanh The artist, Cong Minh ...

Although he is not the son of the artist, but he looks at his agile physique and deep voice, so he was accepted by artisan Minh To and accepted into the training troupe for him to play the role of general martial arts, quan van ...

In 1964, the Minh To Dong troupe was dissolved, artist Thanh Phu asked for the Kim Chung troupe, to follow artist Minh Canh, both as a soldier and a reminder. During this period, he was allowed by artist Minh Canh to replace supporting roles when there was a shortage of people in the troupe.

Therefore, he developed his profession very quickly, any role can be played, especially poisonous double roles. He famously became a substitute artist ever since.

In particular, artist Thanh Phu has many times replaced the role of the first "millionaire singer" of Cai Luong stage as artist Thanh Hai on Kim Chung stage, then also the role of the first singer Ut Tra On, artist Ut Hien or once replaced the role of People's Artist Thanh Tuan.

The difficult life of artist Thanh Phu

Thanh Phu's life was very arduous, five times he was drafted, five times tried to escape and then followed the stage of Cai Luong, when he was lost in Central Vietnam, when he returned to Kim Chung, there was a period when he left the Minh Canh troupe, and then returned to this troupe.

Composer Dang Minh said that at that time, male artists were often drafted, so Thanh Phu's singing life endured many hardships, hardships, sometimes close to death, luckily escaped in the hairline. Whatever the circumstances were, it didn't change his love for the stage.

"During 13 long years of adventure, until 1973, when he returned to the Huong Autumn troupe, being fortunate to sing the main dual role of Ha Buu Tan attracted the attention of young peaches Lan Huong. They sang together through the songs: "Beggar Queen", "Binh Lan Xuan" ... The love from the role brought them together with the love of life and became husband and wife," said composer Dang Minh.

After that, he collaborated with Kim Chung Company, going from troupe 1 to troupe 6, but his artistic career was most brilliant on the stage of Kim Chung 5.

Thanh Phu's most impressive role was the role of Du Hai Long in "Please Love Once", later he also played Ho Dien Truc in this performance.

Regarding the training of young actors, artist Thanh Phu founded the troupe Dong Au Kim Dong in the 80s, with child roles as children and grandchildren in the family along with children of fellow artists such as Minh Cuong, Kim Tu Long, Le Giang, Bao Ngoc, Bao Quy, Thien Kim (later became singers performing overseas) ...

At one time, the Dong Au Kim Dong group was famous for some excerpts: "Empress Dowager Duong Van Nga", "Tran Quoc Toan departed" ...

Artist Le Giang emotionally said that Thanh Phu was the one who brought her into the profession of an actress, because since childhood she has followed him into singing troupes to watch artists dress up and practice.

More than 10 years ago, the program "Poisons on the stage of Cai Luong" was organized by the HCMC Center for Performance and Cinema at the Opera House. Artist Thanh Phu has been honored, he has also attached to Lac Long Quan Theater Club to perform many art programs at Lotus Hong Stage.

In the history of Cai Luong theater in the South, the famous dual poisons must be mentioned: People's People's Committee Nam Chau, People's People's Committee Ba Van, artist Tam Van, People's People's Committee Hoang Giang, People's People's Committee Diep Lang, People's People's Committee Hung Minh, People's People's Committee Thanh Dien, artist La Glass, artist Van Ivory ... and artist Thanh Phu is the one who has drawn many lessons learned for the profession, which he later passed on to young actors.

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