Wilson Pereira:

>As I said in the brief obituary I wrote for her, Bidu Sayao was one of the
>best Zerlinas of her time.  Especially memorable was her seasons at the Met
>in 1941 (Ezio Pinza, S. Baccaloni, Titto Schippa, N. Cordon, A. Kent, Z.
>Milanov, Novotna, Walter Conducting), 1942 (PInza, Kipnis, Kullman, Cordon,
>Harrell, Bamptom, Walter conducting), and 1943.

I heard an interview with her on the U.S. National Public Radio over ten
years ago.  I remember her talking of singing with Bjoerling, I believe in
La Boheme, which she apparently considered a highlight of her career.  She
commented that Bjoerling could have overpowered her vocally, but that he
scaled back his sound to adjust to her.  I'm told that many consider her
teaming with Bjoerling one of the most musically satisfying in postwar
opera.

Steve Schwartz