# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ortrun-wenkel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:23:58.437Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ortrun-wenkel"
name: "Ortrun Wenkel"
slug: "ortrun-wenkel"
description: "Ortrun Wenkel-Rothe was a German operatic contralto. She notably portrayed the role of Erda in the Bayreuth Jahrhundertring in 1976 and was awarded a Grammy Award as a principal soloist in 1983."
tagline: "German operatic contralto (1937-2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ortrun_Wenkel_Erda_Karlsruhe.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1937-10-25"
deathDate: "2025-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.32
  momentum:             14.34782608695652
  historical:           7.007488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2efgTT0qiSqrGNKJk6gVmL"
    handle:    "2efgTT0qiSqrGNKJk6gVmL"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1041969"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortrun_Wenkel"
    title: "Ortrun Wenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortrun_Wenkel"
    title: "Ortrun Wenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortrun_Wenkel"
    title: "Ortrun Wenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortrun_Wenkel"
    title: "Ortrun Wenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortrun_Wenkel"
    title: "Ortrun Wenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortrun_Wenkel"
    title: "Ortrun Wenkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d0c27d4-9869-4c2e-bb98-d984e8c7716d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91814"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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