# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mattiwilda-dobbs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:56:02.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mattiwilda-dobbs"
name: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
slug: "mattiwilda-dobbs"
description: "Mattiwilda Dobbs was an American coloratura soprano and was one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera. She was the first black singer to perform at La Scala in Italy, the first black woman to receive a long-term performance contract and to sing a lead role at the Metropolitan Opera, New York and the first black singer to play a lead role at the San Francisco Opera."
tagline: "American coloratura soprano singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mattiwilda_Dobbs_1957.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-07-11"
deathDate: "2015-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.91
  momentum:             0.3836317135549873
  historical:           11.14794933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1812593/"
    handle:    "nm1812593"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BU2NZnoDGXMt7K4s14Ngi"
    handle:    "3BU2NZnoDGXMt7K4s14Ngi"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ماتويلدا دوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A1"
    title: "מטיווילדה דובס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Доббс, Маттивильда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs"
    title: "Mattiwilda Dobbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180896"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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