Olivia Hime

Singer and composer Olívia Hime experienced both benefits and drawbacks from her union with Francis Hime, yet her artistic output has always stood apart. Production of his Passaredo occupied her in 1977. Four years later she issued her own first LP, Olívia Hime. Her engagement with poets began in 1985 with the release of A Música em Pessoa, an album that set Fernando Pessoa's verses to music. Estrela da Vida Inteira paid tribute to Manuel Bandeira's poetry through scores written expressly for her by Tom Jobim and Dorival Caymmi. In 1998 she enlisted the poets Hermínio Bello de Carvalho, Paulo César Pinheiro, and Joyce to furnish lyrics for Chiquinha Gonzaga's compositions, an effort that produced the album Serenata de Uma Mulher -- Olivia Hime Canta Chiquinha Gonzaga.