# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marga-hoffgen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:42:20.730Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marga-hoffgen"
name: "Marga Höffgen"
slug: "marga-hoffgen"
description: "Marga Anna Johanna Höffgen was a German contralto, known for singing oratorios, especially the Passions by Johann Sebastian Bach, and operatic roles such as Erda in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, performed at the Bayreuth Festival and Covent Garden Opera in London between 1960 and 1975."
tagline: "German altos (1921–1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Marga_H%C3%B6ffgen_%281a%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1921-04-26"
deathDate: "1995-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.27
  momentum:             15.23364485981308
  historical:           8.341217333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YGxuhrTcbk4mNkRa233yQ"
    handle:    "2YGxuhrTcbk4mNkRa233yQ"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/837520"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marga_H%C3%B6ffgen"
    title: "Marga Höffgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D8%AC%D9%86"
    title: "مارجا هوفجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marga_H%C3%B6ffgen"
    title: "Marga Höffgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marga_H%C3%B6ffgen"
    title: "Marga Höffgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marga_H%C3%B6ffgen"
    title: "Marga Höffgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marga_H%C3%B6ffgen"
    title: "Marga Höffgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%95%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マルガ・ヘフゲン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%91%D1%84%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Хёфген, Марга"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/83997cdb-6cee-4a11-a7e9-0f21c42ac54f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92214"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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