# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-erb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:43.952Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-erb"
name: "Karl Erb"
slug: "karl-erb"
description: "Karl Erb was a German tenor who made his career first in opera and then in oratorio and lieder recital. He excelled in all these genres, and before 1920 gave classic performances of key roles in modern works, and created lead roles in those of Hans Pfitzner. He was the first husband of Maria Ivogün and was considered by many the ideal Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion."
tagline: "German opera singer (1877–1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Erb%2C_1912.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1877-07-13"
deathDate: "1958-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.1
  momentum:             0.6896551724137931
  historical:           8.342261333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/833453"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Erb"
    title: "Karl Erb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%A8"
    title: "كارل إرب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8"
    title: "كارل ارب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Erb"
    title: "Karl Erb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Erb_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Karl Erb (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Erb"
    title: "Karl Erb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Erb"
    title: "Karl Erb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Erb"
    title: "Karl Erb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/087f5aae-b2a6-4687-8939-6bf0cae0808c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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