Word: sayao
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...present standards, however, pretty Bidu Sayao as Manon, Richard Crooks as Des Grieux, John Brownlee as Lescaut dished up a digestible version of Massenet's very Gallic score. Bruna Castagna, whose buxom, pleasant Carmen is the best Manhattanites have heard since the days of Geraldine Farrar, had a nearspat with Conductor Gennaro Papi when he tried to slow down her singing of the Habanera. But the incident passed off in mutual glares...
...Auditorium Theatre sat other Chicago socialite ladies, flashing even more ermine and jewels than had been exhibited at the opening of the Chicago City Opera last fortnight. The ladies were out in force, for this was a ladies' evening. On the stage, pretty Brazilian Soprano Bidu Sayao (Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera) sang Mozart, Massenet. Verdi in her Chicago debut. The 76-piece orchestra, demurely clad in dark dresses, was all-woman. But it was not quite...