# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marguerite-sylva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:48:44.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marguerite-sylva"
name: "Marguerite Sylva"
slug: "marguerite-sylva"
description: "Marguerite Sylva was a Belgian born mezzo-soprano who achieved fame in opera, operetta, and musical theatre. She was particularly known for her performances in the title role of Bizet's Carmen, which she sang over 300 times in the course of her career. Sylva was a pioneering recording artist for Edison Records and made many recordings for the company from 1910 to 1912."
tagline: "Belgian opera singer (1875–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marguerita_Sylva_As_Carmen_Opera_Comique.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1875-07-10"
deathDate: "1957-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.79
  momentum:             6.016949152542373
  historical:           5.473470666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843158/"
    handle:    "nm0843158"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Sylva"
    title: "Marguerite Sylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "مارجويريت سيلڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Sylva"
    title: "Marguerite Sylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Sylva"
    title: "Marguerite Sylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Sylva"
    title: "Marguerite Sylva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6760818"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86831"
    title: "Marguerita Sylva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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