NSND Lê Dung (5 June 1951 in Hòn Gai, Quảng Ninh – 29 January 2001 in

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) was a Vietnamese soprano opera singer. She was a student at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and toured and performed widely in Eastern Europe. She won prizes at

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1987,

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1988 and

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. She was a member of the Hanoi Opera but also sang and recorded the works of Phú Quang and other popular songwriters. In 1993, she became the youngest ever person to be accredited as

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("NSND"), Vietnam's top artistic award for a living artist - second only to the often posthumous Ho Chi Minh Prize.Famous Vietnamese opera singer dies
30 January 2001 "Vietnam's best known opera singer, Le Dung, has died of a stroke at the age of forty-five. She had just returned from a three-week-long European tour when she was taken ill on Friday. Le Dung had won prizes for her work in France, Hungary and North Korea. In 1993, she became the youngest person ever to be awarded Vietnam's top artistic accolade."

Discography

Vietnamese music

* ''10 ca khúc Hồng Đăng'', Saigon Audio, 1995 * ''10 tình khúc Lê Khắc Thanh Hoài'', Paris, 1995 * ''Âm thanh ngày mới'' * ''Dạ khúc'' * ''Màu nắng có bao giờ phai đâu'' * ''Họa mi hót trong mưa'' * ''Kỉ niệm vàng son 1'' * ''Kỉ niệm vàng son 2'' * ''Tiếng hát Lê Dung'' * ''Tình nghệ sĩ'' * ''Tiếng thời gian'' * ''Những tình khúc thính phòng'', 2001

Western classical

* O mio babbino caro from

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" Ode an die Freude", Le Dung, with Mezzo-Soprano Phuong Lan, Tenor Manh Chung and baritone Quang Tho. Hanoi Conservatory of Music and

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. under the French conductor Xavier Rist. Televised performance.

References

External links

Listing of names of 1993 Awards of People's Artist (Vietnamese) on vi.Wikipedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Le, Dung 20th-century Vietnamese women singers Operatic sopranos People's Artists of Vietnam 1951 births 2001 deaths People from Quảng Ninh province 20th-century women opera singers