# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shirley-verrett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:59:59.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shirley-verrett"
name: "Shirley Verrett"
slug: "shirley-verrett"
description: "Shirley Verrett was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles making her a Soprano sfogato. Verrett enjoyed great fame from the late 1960s through the 1990s; she was particularly known for performing works by Giuseppe Verdi and Gaetano Donizetti."
tagline: "American opera singer, educator and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirley_Verrett_1975.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: "1931-05-31"
deathDate: "2010-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.87
  momentum:             11.86763019041064
  historical:           17.15141066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894854/"
    handle:    "nm0894854"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://shirleyverrett.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Shirley Verrett"
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    title: "Shirley Verrett"
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    title: "Shirley Verrett"
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    title: "Shirley Verrett"
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    title: "Shirley Verrett"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Verrett"
    title: "Shirley Verrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Verrett"
    title: "Shirley Verrett"
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    title: "שירלי ורט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Շիրլի Վերեթ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%85%9C%EB%A6%AC_%EB%B2%A0%EB%9F%BF"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shirley Verrett"
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    title: "Shirley Verrett"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Verrett"
    title: "Shirley Verrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Shirley Verrett"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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