# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theo-adam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:01:25.888Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theo-adam"
name: "Theo Adam"
slug: "theo-adam"
description: "Theo Adam was a German operatic bass-baritone and bass singer who had an international career in opera, concert and recital from 1949. He was a member of the Staatsoper Dresden for his entire career, and sang at the Bayreuth Festival from 1952 to 1980. He particularly excelled in portraying roles by Richard Wagner, especially Wotan in Der Ring des Nibelungen, which he also performed at the Metropolitan Opera, among others. In concert, he was a much admired Bach singer and also drew acclaim for his interpretation of the title character of Mendelssohn's Elijah. He was a voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Dresden."
tagline: "German bass-baritone opera singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theo_Adam.PNG?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: "1926-08-01"
deathDate: "2019-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.11
  momentum:             3.229895527125684
  historical:           17.56267333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010590/"
    handle:    "nm0010590"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GqzUP7TApb2wPZ7pxlDeN"
    handle:    "7GqzUP7TApb2wPZ7pxlDeN"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Adam"
    title: "Theo Adam"
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    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Adam"
    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Adam"
    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Adam"
    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0"
    title: "テオ・アダム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Theo Adam"
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    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Адам, Тео"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Theo Adam"
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  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Adam"
    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Theo Adam"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Adam"
    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Adam"
    title: "Theo Adam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c8ebd8f0-ea55-42d0-a33e-77c191de9f2c"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64414"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump