# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-kipnis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:12:23.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-kipnis"
name: "Alexander Kipnis"
slug: "alexander-kipnis"
description: "Alexander Kipnis was a Russian and American bass singer. Having initially established his artistic reputation in Europe, Kipnis became an American citizen in 1931, following his marriage to an American. He appeared often at the Chicago Opera before making his belated début at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1940."
tagline: "Russian-American operatic bass (1891–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Kipnis_(1891%E2%80%931978).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1891-02-13"
deathDate: "1978-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.5
  momentum:             3.401866878164847
  historical:           13.34996533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "اليكساندير كيپنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "אלכסנדר קיפניס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Kipnis"
    title: "Aleksander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80"
    title: "Кипнис, Александр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kipnis"
    title: "Alexander Kipnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Олександр Кіпніс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/617e5e6d-555f-4655-8907-0d0a4f075cf1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/838876"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215634"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump