# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reiner-goldberg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:37:41.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reiner-goldberg"
name: "Reiner Goldberg"
slug: "reiner-goldberg"
description: "Reiner Goldberg was a German operatic heldentenor who made an international career performing and recording. He appeared at the Berlin State Opera from 1972, and was a member of the ensemble from 1981. Goldberg achieved attention when he sang the role of Wagner's Parsifal for a 1982 opera film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. He then became known for performing the tenor roles of Wagner's stage works in leading opera houses in Europe and worldwide, such as the Bayreuth Festival where he appeared from 1986 as Tannhäuser, Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Siegfried in both Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, and Erik in Der fliegende Holländer. He performed at the Metropolitan Opera as Siegfried, conducted by James Levine and alongside Hildegard Behrens as Brünnhilde, resulting in a recording that won a Grammy Award."
tagline: "German opera singer (1939-2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reiner_Goldberg_par_Alexia_Carr_-_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-10-17"
deathDate: "2023-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.79
  momentum:             11.70731707317073
  historical:           9.207956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325291/"
    handle:    "nm0325291"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiner_Goldberg"
    title: "Reiner Goldberg"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiner_Goldberg"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump