# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lauritz-melchior
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:48:51.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lauritz-melchior"
name: "Lauritz Melchior"
slug: "lauritz-melchior"
description: "Lauritz Melchior was a Danish-American opera singer. He was the preeminent Wagnerian heldentenor of the 1920s through the 1940s and has come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type. Late in his career, Melchior appeared in movie musicals and on radio and television. He also made numerous recordings."
tagline: "Danish opera singer (1890-1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lauritz_Melchior_LCCN2014719088_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1890-03-20"
deathDate: "1973-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump