# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/licia-albanese
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:46:01.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/licia-albanese"
name: "Licia Albanese"
slug: "licia-albanese"
description: "Licia Albanese was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966. She also made many recordings and was chairwoman of The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, which is dedicated to assisting young artists and singers."
tagline: "Italian-born American operatic soprano"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Licia_Albanese.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1909-07-22"
deathDate: "2014-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.56537333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016274/"
    handle:    "nm0016274"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Licia Albanese"
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    title: "Licia Albanese"
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    title: "Licia Albanese"
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    title: "Licia Albanese"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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