NSND Phạm Quý Dương (

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, 1937 - 28 June 2011 at Hanoi) was a Vietnamese classical singer, and

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at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He was selected by Russian voice coaches as the singer to sing the lead baritone role in Tchaikovsky's ''

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'' at the Hanoi Opera in 1960, thus becoming Vietnam's first opera singer. He completed his training with

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arias, some of which had been retained in the opera's repertoire from the French colonial period. In later years, together with NSND Trần Hiếu and NSƯT Trung Kiên, Quý Dương was counted as one of those affectionately known as the "3C Trio" (Vietnamese ''Tam ca 3C,'' from ''tam ca 3 “cụ”'', old) - a term loosely modelled on Europe's Three Tenors, though the three did not perform as a trio.NSND Trần Hiếu và Tam ca 3C
09/02/2001 "Nghệ sĩ Trần Hiếu. Vào dịp đầu năm, 3 nghệ sĩ Trần Hiếu, Trung Kiên, Quý Dương đã thành lập Tam ca 3C, tức tam ca 3 “cụ”, và liên tục có mặt tại các chương trình ca nhạc lớn."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quy Duong 1937 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Vietnamese male singers Operatic baritones People from Hải Dương province 20th-century male opera singers People's Artists of Vietnam