# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-schmedes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:11.489Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-schmedes"
name: "Erik Schmedes"
slug: "erik-schmedes"
description: "Erik Anton Julius Schmedes was an operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in operas by Richard Wagner. He was a brother-in-law by marriage of Vaslav Nijinsky."
tagline: "Danish opera singer (1868-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erik_Schmedes_in_Wagner's_Tristan_und_Isolde.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1868-08-27"
deathDate: "1931-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.802844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772596/"
    handle:    "nm0772596"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2dumOzyDCkaaGyxc5KmisO"
    handle:    "Erik Schmedes"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "اريك ستشميديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schmedes"
    title: "Erik Schmedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schmedes"
    title: "Erik Schmedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schmedes"
    title: "Erik Schmedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schmedes"
    title: "Erik Schmedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schmedes"
    title: "Erik Schmedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schmedes"
    title: "Erik Schmedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schmedes"
    title: "Erik Schmedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schmedes"
    title: "Erik Schmedes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0cd1e534-edc8-4cae-849e-ccfb2f51db75"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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