Doda Conrad

Doda Conrad (19 February 1905 – 28 December 1997) was a Polish-born American bass operatic singer.

He performed French songs, and lieder by Chopin and Schubert.

He commissioned mouvement du cœur on poems by Louise de Vilmorin on music composed by Henri Sauguet, Jean Françaix, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, and visions infernales written by Henri Sauguet.

In 1965 he no longer appeared on stage and was involved in music promotion.

As a young man, he was destined for painting on the advice of Picasso and later became a close friend of Stravinsky and Saint-John Perse.