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Martti Talvela

1935 - 1989

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Martti Olavi Talvela (4 February 1935 – 22 July 1989) was a Finnish operatic bass. Born in Hiitola, Finland (now in the Republic of Karelia), the eighth of ten children he studied in Lahti and Stockholm, and made his operatic debut in Helsinki in 1960 as Sparafucile. He trained as a boxer in his youth and developed the stamina necessary for the biggest roles.Originally Talvela was educated as a primary school teacher in Savonlinna, Eastern Finland (1952–1956), and he worked in that occupation at three schools (1957–1960). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martti Talvela has received more than 62,711 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Martti Talvela is the 636th most popular singer (down from 626th in 2019), the 984th most popular biography from Russia (down from 942nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Singer.

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  • 63k

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  • 52.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Martti Talvela ranks 636 out of 3,528. Before him are Hayedeh, Sertab Erener, Nicole Scherzinger, Billie Eilish, Tito Schipa, and Julie London. After him are Sena Jurinac, Peppino di Capri, Big Mama Thornton, Frank Sinatra Jr., Ian Dury, and Al Jolson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Martti Talvela ranks 163. Before him are Ken Kercheval, Dudley Moore, Herb Alpert, Yakov Sinai, Peter Boyle, and Syd Field. After him are Judith Reisman, Lisa Gastoni, Milena Vukotic, Denise Perrier, Jacques Poos, and M. Emmet Walsh. Among people deceased in 1989, Martti Talvela ranks 115. Before him are Michał Rola-Żymierski, Joe Spinell, René Moawad, Robert Penn Warren, Guy Laroche, and Chen Boda. After him are Edward Ochab, Yūsaku Matsuda, Zinka Milanov, Maurice Evans, Leyla Mammadbeyova, and Anthony Quayle.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Martti Talvela ranks 984 out of 3,262. Before him are Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin (1734), Viktor Medvedchuk (1954), Stepan Petrichenko (1892), Vasily Lanovoy (1934), Vasily Golovnin (1776), and Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938). After him are Evgeny Kissin (1971), Ivan Fedyuninsky (1900), Rachel Bluwstein (1890), Aleksey Khomyakov (1804), Alexander Izvolsky (1856), and Anatoly Tarasov (1918).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Martti Talvela ranks 11. Before him are Valery Leontiev (1949), Viktor Tsoi (1962), Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), and Georg Ots (1920). After him are Elena Obraztsova (1939), Lyudmila Zykina (1929), Lena Katina (1984), Bob Martin (1922), Julia Volkova (1985), and Valentina Tolkunova (1946).

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