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Bidú Sayão

voc, 1902-1999 BR, Rio de Janeiro
Classical

Balduína "Bidu" de Oliveira Sayão (pronounced bee-DOO sigh-OW) (May 11, 1902 – March 13, 1999) was a Brazilian opera soprano. One of Brazil's most famous musicians, Sayão was a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1937 to 1952.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • World
  • Folk
Plays With
Mimi Benzell
Popular Tracks   
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
O'Kinimba (Earth) on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
Meu Boi Barroso on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
Madame Butterfly - "Un Bel Dí, Vedremo" on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
Nigue-Nigue-Ninhas (Brazilian Negro Lullaby from the Province of Paraiba Do Norte) on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
A Casinha Pequenina on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
São-João-Da-Ra-Rão (Children's Street Song from Piani Provence) on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
Engenho Novo! (Work Song of Sugar Machine Operators) on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
Ogundê-Varêrê (Prayer Of The Gods) (A Negro Spiritual In African Dialect) on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão
La Boheme - "Addio Senza Rancor" on Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5/ Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini Arias by Heitor Villa-Lobos & Bidú Sayão

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Rigoletto - VerdiJussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Bidú Sayão, Norman Cordon, Thelma Altman, George Cehanovsky, Richard Manning, John Baker, Maxine Stellman, Cesare Sodero2008Album
L’Elisir D’AmoreGaetano Donizetti - Bidú Sayão, Giuseppe Valdengo, Giuseppe Antonicelli, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Salvatore Baccaloni, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus2006Album
Don JuanWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ezio Pinza, Jarmila Novotná, Rose Bampton, Bidú Sayão, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus Direction: Bruno Walter2001Album
Roméo Et JulietteCharles Gounod, Bidú Sayão, Jussi Björling, John Brownlee, Thomas Hayward, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus Direction: Emil Cooper2001Album
Verdi: RigolettoGiuseppe Verdi, Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão, Leonard Warren, Norman Cordon, Martha Lipton, Thelma Altman, Metropolitan Opera Chorus And The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Cesare Sodero2000Album
Wondrous WomenJoan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne / Montserrat Caballé / Bidú Sayão / Birgit Nilsson / Eileen Farrell1997Compil.
La Damoiselle élue - Opera AriasBidú Sayão1997Compil.
Bachiana Brasiliera No. 5 Opera Arias & Brazilian FolksongsBidú Sayão1996Compil.
Inspiration - Brazil / Heitor Villa-Lobos: Forest Of The AmazonHeitor Villa-Lobos, Bidú Sayão, Symphony Of The Air1996Album
ManonJules Massenet - Bidú Sayão, Charles Kullman, John Brownlee, Sir Thomas Beecham1994Album
Le Nozze Di FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ezio Pinza, John Brownlee, Bidú Sayão, Eleanor Steber, Jarmila Novotná, Salvatore Baccaloni, Bruno Walter1994Album
La BohemeGiacomo Puccini - Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão, Francesco Valentino, Giuseppe Antonicelli1991Album
Romeo Et JulietteCharles Gounod - Jussi Björling, Bidú Sayão, Nicola Moscona, Emil Cooper1989Album
French Arias And SongsBidú Sayão1976Album
In Honor Of The 35th Anniversary Of Her Metropolitan Opera Debut ,Opera Arias By Mozart, Gounod, Puccini, LeoncavalloBidú Sayão1972Album
Bachianas Brasileiras No.5Bidú Sayão1964Album
One Fine DayBidú Sayão1959Single
Forest Of The AmazonHeitor Villa-Lobos Conducting Symphony Of The Air, Bidú Sayão1959Album
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (The Original Recording) / Brazilian Folk Songs / Five Puccini AriasBidú Sayão, Heitor Villa-Lobos1958Album
The Art Of Bidu SayaoBidú Sayão1957Album
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilerias No. 5/Verdi: La Traviata - Ah! Fors' È Lui And Sempre LiberaBidú Sayão, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Erich Leinsdorf1951Album
My Encores / Folk Songs Of BrazilBidú Sayão1949Album
La BohêmeGiacomo Puccini, Bidú Sayão, Richard Tucker, Salvator Baccaloni, Mimi Benzell, Francesco Valentino, George Cehanovsky, Nicola Moscona, Lodovico Oliviero, Lawrence Davidson, Giuseppe Antonicelli Conducting The Chorus Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York1949Album
Gianni Schicchi - "O Mio Babbino Caro" / La Boheme - Musetta's Waltz SongGiacomo Puccini, Bidú Sayão, Pietro Cimara1948Album
Celebrated Operatic AriasBidú Sayão With The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus Conducted By Fausto Cleva1948Album
The Last Rose Of Summer / Don CarlosBidú Sayão / Ezio Pinza1945Album
Bachianias Brasileiras, No. 5Heitor Villa-Lobos - Leonard Rose, Bidú Sayão1945Album
Turn Ye To MeBidú Sayão / Richard Crooks1945Album
Caprice Viennois / Long Long AgoFritz Kreisler / Bidú Sayão1944Album
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: 10 April 1943Gioacchino Rossini - John Brownlee, Bidú Sayão, Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Baccaloni, Nino Martini, Irra Petina, Frank St. LegerAlbum
PucciniBidú Sayão, The Metropolitan Opera House OrchestraSingle
La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini, Bidú Sayão, Jussi Björling, Mimi Benzell, Nicola Moscona, Giuseppe AntonicelliAlbum
Don GiovanniRose Bampton, Jarmila Novotná, Bidú Sayão, Ezio Pinza, Alexander Kipnis, Charles Kullman, Mack Harrell, Norman Cordon, Bruno WalterAlbum
Ah! Fors' E LuiGiuseppe Verdi Sung By Bidú Sayão With Orchestra Conducted By Erich LeinsdorfAlbum
Batti, Batti / Vedrai, CarinoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sung By Bidú Sayão With Orchestra Conducted By Erich LeinsdorfAlbum
Romeo Et JullietteJ. Boerling, Bidú Sayão, J. Brownlee, Nicola MosconaAlbum
Marriage Of FigaroBidú Sayão With Orchestra Conducted By Fausto ClevaAlbum
Bidú Sayão - O Rouxinol BrasileiroBidú Sayão, Arturo Toscanini, Rose Bampton, The Philadelphia Orchestra ChorusAlbum
Mi Chiamano MimiBidú Sayão, Giacomo Puccini, Erich LeinsdorfAlbum
Pagliacci - Bird Song / Manon - "Voyons, Manon"Bidú Sayão With Pietro Cimara Conducting The The Metropolitan Opera House OrchestraAlbum
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