# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-becht
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:24:49.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-becht"
name: "Hermann Becht"
slug: "hermann-becht"
description: "Hermann Becht was a German operatic bass-baritone. He notably portrayed the role of Alberich in the 1983 recording of Richard Wagner's The Ring Cycle which won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.\nHe also portrayed Alberich in the centennial Ring under conductor Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau in 1980."
tagline: "German opera singer (1939–2009)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vUwgjnapkArFFpbp8CbuVITvZR.jpg"
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: "1939-03-19"
deathDate: "2009-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1123595505617978
  historical:           7.469906666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065021/"
    handle:    "nm0065021"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "هيرمان بيشت"
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    title: "Hermann Becht"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Becht"
    title: "Hermann Becht"
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  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Brecht"
    title: "Hermann Brecht"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Becht"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump