He competed in the
men's eight event at the
1908 Summer Olympics. He made his professional opera debut in 1913 at the
National Theatre in Oslo as Don Basilio in
Gioachino Rossini's
The Barber of Seville. From 1914 to 1917, he was a member of the
Breslau Opera House; making his debut there as Amonasro in
Giuseppe Verdi's
Aida. In 1917 he sang with the
Opéra-Comique in Paris. In November 1918, he sang the role of the High Priest in
Camille Saint-Saëns's
Samson and Delilah for the opening of the new opera house in Oslo. From 1921–1932 he was primarily active with opera companies and orchestras in North America. He returned to Norway in 1932, where he continued to perform and worked as a businessman. He made recordings for
Columbia Records,
His Master's Voice, and the
Victor Talking Machine Company. His son,
Erik Bye, was a prominent Norwegian journalist and singer. ==References==