# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinz-fricke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:04:10.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinz-fricke"
name: "Heinz Fricke"
slug: "heinz-fricke"
description: "Heinz Fricke was a German conductor. From 1961 to 1992 he held the position of 1. Kapellmeister and later Generalmusikdirektor of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. He also worked at Den Norske Opera. In 2010 Fricke announced his retirement after 18 years with the Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. He was the honorary Music Director Emeritus of the WNO and the KCOHO."
tagline: "German conductor (1927–2015)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-02-11"
deathDate: "2015-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.62
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           6.136897333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/833098"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Fricke"
    title: "Heinz Fricke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Fricke"
    title: "Heinz Fricke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Fricke"
    title: "Heinz Fricke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Fricke"
    title: "Heinz Fricke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1"
    title: "ハインツ・フリッケ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e73d8823-ca8b-499a-a086-4801e58bcae0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11925345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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