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Licia Albanese

1909 - 2014

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Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Licia Albanese has received more than 112,281 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Licia Albanese is the 813th most popular singer (down from 796th in 2019), the 2,847th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,701st in 2019) and the 64th most popular Italian Singer.

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  • 110k

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  • 50.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Licia Albanese ranks 813 out of 3,528Before her are Bhimsen Joshi, Jerome Flynn, Wadih El Safi, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jonas Kaufmann, and Billy Paul. After her are Hugues Aufray, Walter Berry, Melanie Thornton, Guy Béart, Solange Berry, and Blondel de Nesle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Licia Albanese ranks 177Before her are Riccardo Freda, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Bert Patenaude, Eric Ambler, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, and Milena Pavlović-Barili. After her are Ivo Lapenna, John Haigh, C. N. Annadurai, Endel Puusepp, Piotr Jaroszewicz, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. Among people deceased in 2014, Licia Albanese ranks 179Before her are Michael Sata, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, Sue Townsend, Marinho Chagas, Christopher Hogwood, and Yuri Lyubimov. After her are Sulejman Tihić, Tomaž Šalamun, Leonid Stadnyk, Marco Cé, Jaime Lusinchi, and Daniel Boulanger.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Licia Albanese ranks 2,847 out of 4,668Before her are Michele Morosini (1308), Pietro Mengoli (1626), Camillo Berneri (1897), Alessandro Fortis (1842), Rose McGowan (1973), and Francesco de Sanctis (1817). After her are Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (1963), Valentino Fioravanti (1764), Armando Castellazzi (1904), Giancarlo Minardi (1947), Benedetto Cairoli (1825), and Alessandro Striggio (1540).

Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Licia Albanese ranks 64Before her are Piero Cappuccilli (1929), Robertino Loreti (1947), Riccardo Fogli (1947), Maria Carta (1934), Giulia Grisi (1811), and Angelo Branduardi (1950). After her are Francesco Guccini (1940), Giuseppe Taddei (1916), Mango (1954), Caterina Caselli (1946), Francesco Tamagno (1850), and Claudia Muzio (1889).