Minh Vuong laughed loudly and told us: "The show ended, it was 1am when we got home. Yet I wake up healthy after a good night's sleep, and I wake up early to exercise."
Everything needs enough grace
The reason why colleagues and audiences are so worried is because Minh Vuong's legs are now weak. The show lasted about 4 hours, he sang 4 excerpts The life of Ms. Luu, To Anh Nguyet, and Rang Ngoc Con Son , and Chung Vo Diem.
Up to now, Minh Vuong has had about 60 years of singing career. His name is ranked among famous singers. When people go to sing, sometimes they can't find an impressive role in their whole life, but he has so many roles to play in his life.
It can be mentioned as Nguyen Trai (Rang Ngoc Con Son), Bright (To Anh Nguyet), Vo Minh Luan (Ms. Luu's life), Tan Linh Son (The cold night of the deserted temple), Tung (Half life of chalk) ...
Yet for the past 60 years, while his colleagues have been making live shows, he has remained silent.
Minh Vuong smiled gently and said that many people had many questions. But he was afraid that his health was not good, so he waited.
However, when Gia Bao offered to make a number, he decided to accept, because if he kept waiting, he was afraid there would no longer be time.
Then he kept worrying until he couldn't sleep. On the evening of the show, he arrived at the theater very early when no one was there. He found a small corner to sit there and calm down. Whoever passed by to say hello, he spoke softly to keep his breath, and later sang for his relatives to hear.
Yet he also made the crew "upset" after the performance was over Ms. Luu's life (the longest performance on the show), he got tired backstage.
But in the end, the show ended well. Looking at the empty auditorium, with domestic and foreign audiences "flying" back to support and applaud warmly, Minh Vuong burst into tears.
“I'm really so touched that I don't know what else to say, I can only thank my ancestors for giving me the strength to sing. Thank you, the audience, for still loving Minh Vuong. Thank you to my colleagues who just listened and invited Minh Vuong without knowing what to sing, they immediately agreed" - Minh Vuong said with tears in his eyes.
Many people feel a bit regretful if Minh Vuong had done a live show sooner, when he was still healthy he would have been able to "show off" more.
As for Minh Vuong, he believes that everything needs enough charm and he is satisfied with the recent reunion with his close professional friends.
To make an impression, artists must worry about their roles
The golden generation artists of Cai Luong are always remembered by the audience with roles that are clearly engraved in their minds.
Minh Vuong said that at that time artists were lucky because the Cai Luong stage life was very developed. Many stages are brightly lit, and the force of artists, authors, and directors is strong.
A play sometimes lasts from several hundred to thousands of performances, performing for many years. That condition helps the artist master and edit the role through each performance, making the character increasingly better and deeper.
"However, the most important thing is still the awareness and concern of the artist when receiving the character" - Minh Vuong said.
And he singled out the case of the role of Nguyen Trai in Rang Ngoc Con Son. At that time, he was only given beautiful double roles. As for this old dual character, everyone thought it would be given to artist Ut Tra On.
However, Minh Vuong suddenly asked Doan Ba to try his hand. This director was surprised but also gathered the group, calculated and in the end, Nguyen Trai belonged to Minh Vuong.
Minh Vuong said he was grateful to director Doan Ba for taking care of him little by little. Continuously add dialogue, lyrics, and actions to make the character deeper.
“At that time, I invited artist Kim Cuc, wife of artist Nam Chau, to my home to teach me Nguyen Trai's walking gestures. All day long I walked up and down the stairs for her to correct each gait and arm position..." - Minh Vuong recalled and he gave other examples.
Ms. Luu's life It's also a collective effort, so every character in that play is considered a lifetime role for the artists.
Minh role in To Anh Nguyet, people remember the scene where Minh visited Nguyet when she was old. In the torment of betraying the ancients, Minh Vuong asked him to write more articles for him Heavy love of the past.
"I'm bowing my head waiting for grace...". Oh my god, a song hits the right spot so as soon as he sings it, the audience is devastated and bursts into applause.
Just like that, the roles bearing Minh Vuong's mark become more and more numerous. For you now, I wish for nothing more. As long as you have strength, and the audience loves you, just keep going, not for money but for the happiness of a silkworm's life...
Minh Vuong and his "legendary" hairstyle
During the live show Minh Vuong, Gia Bao posted a photo of him and artist Le Thuy in the excerpt To Anh Nguyet, he briefly wrote "Legend!".
Under the posted photo, singer Bang Kieu commented, "Uncle Minh Vuong's hair is also legendary." Many people liked this comment.
Minh Vuong happily said that he has only had one hairstyle since he was a teenager until now.
The hairstyle flows down, facing the face, according to Minh Vuong, it suits his face and takes less care.
With Minh Vuong, he is always faithful to whatever suits him. Like the gold necklace with a Buddha image he bought during a tour in Nha Trang.
Several times his chain was snatched, broken, and thrown onto the street, but he was not lost. From then on, he believed this was his lucky object and that "guardian" string followed him for decades.