Virginia Hyde Dupuy has earned a reputation as one of the finest concert and recital singers in the United States. She continues to champion American music in her recent recordings, including the 1999 Grammy nominated Voces Americanas with Voices of Change. Fanfare Magazine hails her recording of Dominick Argento's Pulitzer Prize winner From the Diary of Virginia Woolf as one of the top classical recordings of 1990, calling it "one of the most impressive discs of vocal music heard in a long time." Her voice has been described as having "a velvety dark richness" (The Santa Fe Reporter), and her interpretation, "a purity and pungency of style" (The Houston Chronicle).

Dupuy (pronounced doo-PWEE) made her Lincoln Center debut with the American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall. Other engagements include appearances with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Calgary Symphony, and the Ft. Worth Symphony's inaugural season in the Bass Performance Hall. She performs works ranging from Bach, Beethoven, Mahler and Verdi, displaying warmth of tone and flexibility.

Known for her versatility, Dupuy adds to her opera credits performances of the role of the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Third Lady in The Magic Flute, Mrs. Nolan in The Medium, Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi and Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana. Her public television and radio appearances include performances of the Bernstein Jeremiah Symphony, Verdi Requiem, Ravel L'Enfant et les Sortileges, and Bach St. Matthew Passion. She also can be heard as the Opera Diva on Disney's audio release of Dick Tracy.

She has maintained a strong passion for contemporary music, as expressed in her many recordings. Two of her recent recordings, Waves of the Sea and A Clear Midnight, are comprised of music from the popular Dallas-based composer, Simon Sargon. Dupuy created the role of Crone in the world premiere of Conrad Susa's Wise Women. She also premiered Hsueh-Yung Shen's Three Last Poems of Anne Sexton, with the Southwestern Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Recital Hall in January 1996. The following year, she sang in the distinguished Mahler Symposium at Oxford University by special invitation.

Dupuy is an associate professor on the music faculty at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is in demand as a teacher of Master Classes throughout the United States. Last season included the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 on New Year's Eve with the Fort Worth Symphony, and again in April with Corpus Christi Symphony. In February, Dupuy performed Harawi at the International Messiaen Festival, which she reprised this year with the Voices of Change. In October, Dupuy sang Argento's Masque of Angels with the composer present. Upcoming this year is the première of a new vocal chamber work by Dan Welcher, the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Fort Worth Symphony (Harth-Bedoya), and the Mozart Mass in C Minor with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

A native of Marshall, Texas, Virginia Dupuy studied for two years at Southwestern before completing Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at The University of Texas at Austin. She and her spouse, Bob Dupuy '69, live in Dallas. They have two sons, Matt and Will.