The Bidu Sayão International Vocal Competition (Portuguese: Concurso Internacional de Canto Bidu Sayão) is a singing competition held at the city of

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named after that country's most famous opera singer,

Bidu Sayão 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. Life and career ...

. It is a competition open to singers of any nationality for up-and-coming young singers and as such has an age restriction. The competition is divided between male and female participants and is the most important vocal competition in Latin America. The competition has an international jury composed of conductors, artistic directors from international

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s and musicologists. The competition was created in 1999 by the opera producer Cleber Papa who is its President.

List of winners

References

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External links

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