# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brenda-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:15:27.261Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brenda-lewis"
name: "Brenda Lewis"
slug: "brenda-lewis"
description: "Brenda Lewis was an American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, opera director, and music educator. She enjoyed a 20-year-long collaboration with the New York City Opera (NYCO) with whom she notably created roles in several world premieres by American composers; including the title role in Jack Beeson's Lizzie Borden in 1965. She also performed with frequency at the Metropolitan Opera from 1952 to 1965, and was active as a guest artist with notable opera companies both nationally and internationally. Although she is mainly remembered as an exponent of American operas and musicals, she performed a broad repertoire of works and was particularly celebrated for her portrayals of Marie in Wozzeck, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, and the title roles of Carmen and Salome; the latter of which she performed for the inauguration of the Houston Grand Opera in 1956."
tagline: "American operatic soprano"
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: "1921-03-02"
deathDate: "2017-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.73
  momentum:             19.14414414414414
  historical:           7.672318666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1696247/"
    handle:    "nm1696247"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2763985"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بريندا لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بريندا لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lewis"
    title: "Brenda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lewis"
    title: "Brenda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lewis"
    title: "Brenda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Льюис, Бренда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%97%D1%81"
    title: "Бренда Льюїс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb2a4ee1-13f7-44b5-8360-bac9c9eb5596"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16088946"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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