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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. Popp was also a highly regarded recitalist and lieder singer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucia Popp is the 310th most popular singer (down from 269th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 39th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lucia Popp ranks 310 out of 4,381Before her are Mylène Farmer, Basshunter, Lara Fabian, Youssou N'Dour, Natalia Oreiro, and The Singing Nun. After her are Jennie, Agnes Baltsa, M.I.A., Frida Boccara, Rita Marley, and Tarkan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Lucia Popp ranks 97Before her are Yoshinobu Ishii, Boris Kolker, Nobuyuki Oishi, Peter Bogdanovich, Guntis Ulmanis, and Cynthia Lennon. After her are Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Paul Hogan, Alan Baker, Claudio Magris, and Kit Bond. Among people deceased in 1993, Lucia Popp ranks 54Before her are György Sárosi, Helen Hayes, River Phoenix, Bruno Pontecorvo, Dražen Petrović, and Don Ameche. After her are Rahmon Nabiyev, Leonid Gaidai, Léo Ferré, Roy Raymond, Eddie Constantine, and Yen Chia-kan.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Lucia Popp ranks 47 out of 418Before her are Peter Lorre (1904), Gyula Andrássy the Younger (1860), Ernő Gerő (1898), Ferdinand Daučík (1910), Andrej Kiska (1963), and Pál Maléter (1917). After her are Rudolf Vrba (1924), Iveta Radičová (1956), Vazul (1000), Franz Schmidt (1874), Ján Popluhár (1935), and Peter Pellegrini (1975).

Among SINGERS In Slovakia

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