# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sona-cervena
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:08:35.605Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sona-cervena"
name: "Soňa Červená"
slug: "sona-cervena"
description: "Soňa Červená was a Czech operatic mezzo-soprano, actress and writer. She had an international career as a singer from the 1950s, first at the Berlin State Opera in East Berlin and from 1962 in the West, mainly at the Oper Frankfurt and the San Francisco Opera. She was known for Bizet's Carmen, her signature role, and the title role in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, but also performed in world premieres, and promoted Leoš Janáček's operas in Czech."
tagline: "Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (1925–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/So%C5%88a-%C4%8Cerven%C3%A12012d.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-09-09"
deathDate: "2023-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.408964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148938/"
    handle:    "nm0148938"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سونا سيرڤينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Soňa Červená"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Soňa Červená"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C5%88a_%C4%8Cerven%C3%A1"
    title: "Soňa Červená"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սոնյա Չերվենա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Soňa Červená"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Soňa Červená"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8F"
    title: "Червена, Соня"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Soňa Červená"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Soňa Červená"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Соня Червена"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Soňa Červená"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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