# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-hesse
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:46:38.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-hesse"
name: "Ruth Hesse"
slug: "ruth-hesse"
description: "Ruth Hesse was a German opera singer. A dramatic mezzo-soprano, she was a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1962 to 1995, where she took part in the world premiere of Henze's Der junge Lord. She was first invited to the Bayreuth Festival in 1960, where she performed until 1979."
tagline: "German opera singer (1936–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Ruth_Hesse_1967_%281b%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: "1936-09-18"
deathDate: "2024-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.17
  momentum:             3
  historical:           9.671526666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381582/"
    handle:    "nm0381582"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/837504"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87"
    title: "روت هيسه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "روث هيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hesse"
    title: "Ruth Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hesse"
    title: "Ruth Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hesse"
    title: "Ruth Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hesse"
    title: "Ruth Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hesse"
    title: "Ruth Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hesse"
    title: "Ruth Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hesse"
    title: "Ruth Hesse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/57bc7f34-8258-413d-9ff0-88a63b696be2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27625551"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/553370"
    title: "Ruth Hesse"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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