# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arlene-saunders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:48.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arlene-saunders"
name: "Arlene Saunders"
slug: "arlene-saunders"
description: "Arlene Saunders was an American spinto soprano opera singer. After making her operatic debut as Rosalinde von Eisenstein, in Die Fledermaus, with the National Opera Company in 1958, she made her first appearance with the New York City Opera in 1961, as Giorgetta in Il tabarro. With that company, she soon sang in Carmen, La bohème, Louise, Die lustige Witwe and Don Giovanni."
tagline: "American singer (1930-2020)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-10-05"
deathDate: "2020-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.870338666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766737/"
    handle:    "nm0766737"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "أرلين سوندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ارلين سوندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Saunders"
    title: "Arlene Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Saunders"
    title: "Arlene Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Saunders"
    title: "Arlene Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Saunders"
    title: "Arlene Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Saunders"
    title: "Arlene Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Saunders"
    title: "Arlene Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Saunders"
    title: "Arlene Saunders"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/130a641e-48d1-4eb9-be41-4c7740044ef6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4792170"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1310971"
    title: "Arlene Saunders"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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