Carmen Monarcha
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Born into an artistic family in northern Brazil, her father is a writer and her mother, Marina Monarcha, a renowned Brazilian singer. She learned from a young age to play the cello and the piano and a
Carmen Monarcha in concert
Bidu Sayão
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Balduína "Bidú" de Oliveira Sayão was a Brazilian operatic soprano. One of Brazil's celebrated musicians, Sayão was a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1937 to 1952.
Carmen Monarcha
…Vocal Competition, a major international singing competition held annually in Brazil that is named in honor of that country's most famous opera singer, Bidu Sayão. When her studies in the Netherlands were complete, Monarcha returned to her native Brazil but was lured back to Europe to perform as a soloist for…
Bidu Sayão as Manon (Massenet), in the season of 1940 of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires