# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-gould
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:48.945Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-gould"
name: "Stephen Gould"
slug: "stephen-gould"
description: "Stephen Grady Gould was an American heldentenor and leading interpreter of Richard Wagner's stage works. He performed around 100 times at the Bayreuth Festival, notably as Tannhäuser starting in 2004, and later Siegfried and Tristan. In 2022, his performance in all three roles earned him nicknames such as Iron Man."
tagline: "American opera singer (1962–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen_Gould%2C_Ensaio_Trist%C3%A1n_e_Isolda%2C_Palacio_da_%C3%B3pera%2C_A_Coru%C3%B1a_28.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1962-01-24"
deathDate: "2023-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.77
  momentum:             10.14473684210526
  historical:           7.480778666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5175043/"
    handle:    "nm5175043"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.stephengould.org"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5085303"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ستيفن جولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gould_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Stephen Gould (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gould_(tenor)"
    title: "Stephen Gould (tenor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gould_(tenor)"
    title: "Stephen Gould (tenor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gould"
    title: "Stephen Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gould_(t%C3%A9nor)"
    title: "Stephen Gould (ténor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gould_(tenor)"
    title: "Stephen Gould (tenor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b193c58b-0f95-4da1-99b6-5509bf3282bd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2344749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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