# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francesco-merli
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:12:28.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francesco-merli"
name: "Francesco Merli"
slug: "francesco-merli"
description: "Francesco Merli was an Italian opera tenor, particularly associated with heavy roles such as Otello, Canio and Calaf. He ranks as one of the finest dramatic tenors of the inter-war period."
tagline: "Italian opera singer (1887–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francesco_Merli%2C_1944_-_collezione_Tino_Barindelli.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1887-01-28"
deathDate: "1976-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.48
  momentum:             15.56338028169014
  historical:           6.8081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580988/"
    handle:    "nm0580988"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2893511"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Merli"
    title: "Francesco Merli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Merli"
    title: "Francesco Merli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Merli"
    title: "Francesco Merli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Merli"
    title: "Francesco Merli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Merli"
    title: "Francesco Merli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf26f3c4-4795-4a0c-9856-8e2a171f7936"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154391"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89276"
    title: "Francesco Merli"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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