SINGER

Lucia Popp

1939 - 1993

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Lucia Popp (born Lucia Poppová; 12 November 1939 – 16 November 1993) was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances at Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, and La Scala. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucia Popp has received more than 268,945 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucia Popp is the 269th most popular singer (down from 250th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 40th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lucia Popp ranks 269 out of 4,381. Before her are Joan Sutherland, Anna German, Fancy, Frida Boccara, Sezen Aksu, and Beyoncé. After her are Nicolai Gedda, Mariah Carey, C. C. Catch, Lola Flores, Fabrizio De André, and Morten Harket.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Lucia Popp ranks 87. Before her are Sidney Altman, Warda Al-Jazairia, Ruggero Deodato, Silvana Armenulić, Ion Țiriac, and Fritjof Capra. After her are Peter Bogdanovich, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Jānis Lūsis, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Daniel C. Tsui, and Seamus Heaney. Among people deceased in 1993, Lucia Popp ranks 49. Before her are Pat Nixon, Jimmy Doolittle, Don Ameche, Horia Sima, György Sárosi, and Kakuei Tanaka. After her are Hans Baur, Yuri Lotman, Helen Hayes, Bruno Pontecorvo, Leonid Gaidai, and Dinmukhamed Kunaev.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Lucia Popp ranks 39 out of 418. Before her are Andrej Babiš (1954), Lajos Batthyány (1807), Pál Maléter (1917), Peter Lorre (1904), Michal Kováč (1930), and Milan Hodža (1878). After her are Matthew III Csák (1260), Joseph Petzval (1807), Ferdinand Daučík (1910), Teréz Brunszvik (1775), Ernő Gerő (1898), and Adolf Scherer (1938).

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Among SINGERS In Slovakia

Among singers born in Slovakia, Lucia Popp ranks 2. Before her are Edita Gruberová (1946). After her are Hana Hegerová (1931), Kristína (1987), Katarína Hasprová (1972), Kamil Mikulčík (1977), Max Jason Mai (1988), and Nela Pocisková (1990).

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