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Bidu Sayão
Brazilian opera singer
Balduína "Bidú" de Oliveira Sayão (11 May – 12 March ) 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 to
Life and career
Bidu Sayão was born on 11 May [1] to a family of Portuguese, French and Swiss heritage, in Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro.
Her father died when she was age 5, and her mother struggled to support her daughter's pursuit of a singing career.
Age of Bidu Say?o, Following the death of her husband in , Bidu Sayão lived a quiet life at her home in Maine.
At age 18, Sayão made her major opera debut in Rio de Janeiro. Her performance led to an opportunity to study with the famous Elena Teodorini, first in Brazil, then in Romania; and then to study with Polish tenor Jean de Reszke in Nice.
During the mids and early s, she performed in Rome, Buenos Aires, and Paris as well as in her native Brazil. While at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, she met impresario Walter Mocchi (–). After his wife, soprano Emma Carelli, died in , the two became r