Bidú Sayão (1902-1999)


Bidú won acclaim with appearances in South America, in Paris and in Italy, before making her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1937 in the title-role of Massenet's Manon. Her association with the Met continued until 1951 and she finally retired in 1958.

 

Read the life of Bidú Sayão as told in a comic book of the 1940s.
Metropolitan Opera website
http://www.metopera.org/history/week-990920.html