Bidu Sayão

Bidu Sayão
Sayão during a visit to the University of Michigan (c. 1953)
Born
Balduína de Oliveira Sayão

11 May 1902
Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro
Died12 March 1999(1999-03-12) (aged 96)
Rockport, Maine
OccupationOpera soprano
Years active1920–1952

Balduína "Bidú" de Oliveira Sayão (11 May 1902 – 12 March 1999) was a Brazilian opera soprano. One of Brazil's celebrated musicians, Sayão was a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1937 to 1952.

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