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Emma Calvé

1858 - 1942

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Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet (15 August 1858 – 6 January 1942) was a French operatic dramatic soprano. Calvé was probably the most famous French female opera singer of the Belle Époque. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emma Calvé has received more than 111,061 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Emma Calvé is the 541st most popular singer (up from 662nd in 2019), the 2,674th most popular biography from France (up from 3,012th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Emma Calvé ranks 541 out of 4,381. Before her are Anne Sofie von Otter, Paul Di'Anno, Keith Flint, Shakin' Stevens, Plastic Bertrand, and Bobby Kimball. After her are Angelica Catalani, Marietta Alboni, Asha Bhosle, Pierre Kartner, Christophe, and Silvio Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Emma Calvé ranks 66. Before her are Ye Wanyong, Maximilien Luce, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Archibald Gracie IV, Jenő Hubay, and Francis Preserved Leavenworth. After her are Medardo Rosso, E. Nesbit, John A. Hobson, P. J. Kennedy, Bipin Chandra Pal, and Petar Bojović. Among people deceased in 1942, Emma Calvé ranks 97. Before her are Rudolf Spielmann, Titus Brandsma, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Konstantin Balmont, István Horthy, and Jure Francetić. After her are Ahatanhel Krymsky, Lidia Zamenhof, Eusebio Ayala, Adolf Hühnlein, Kiyoura Keigo, and Gerard Philips.

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In France

Among people born in France, Emma Calvé ranks 2,674 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean-François Dandrieu (1682), Eustache Deschamps (1346), Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674), Jean-Yves Le Drian (1947), Joseph Caillaux (1863), and Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816). After her are Philibert Commerson (1727), Julie Delpy (1969), Paul Hazard (1878), Henri Gervex (1852), Auguste Chevalier (1873), and Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Emma Calvé ranks 38. Before her are Séverine (1948), Jacques Pills (1906), Adolphe Nourrit (1802), Zaz (1980), Aristide Bruant (1851), and Sheila (1945). After her are Christophe (1945), Alexis Korner (1928), Jean Ferrat (1930), Isabelle Aubret (1938), Michel Berger (1947), and Roberto Alagna (1963).

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