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Martha Mödl

1912 - 2001

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Martha Mödl (22 March 1912, Nuremberg – 17 December 2001, Stuttgart) was a German soprano, and later a mezzo-soprano. She specialized in large dramatic roles such as Isolde, Brünnhilde, and particularly Kundry, and is considered, along with Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson, one of the three major postwar Wagner sopranos. She was among the preeminent Wagner sopranos—and most compelling singing actresses—of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martha Mödl is the 1,292nd most popular singer (down from 1,241st in 2019), the 4,557th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,461st in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Martha Mödl ranks 1,292 out of 4,381Before her are Beth Carvalho, Aneela Mirza, Licia Albanese, Ted Neeley, Clara Nunes, and Mississippi John Hurt. After her are S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Billy Paul, Siti Nurhaliza, Ulla Pia, Valentina Monetta, and Boz Scaggs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Martha Mödl ranks 276Before her are Nelly Diener, Ellen Preis, George Devol, Anton Buttigieg, Maksim Tank, and Wálter Guevara. After her are Saadat Hasan Manto, Boris Chertok, Alexander Mackendrick, John Templeton, Frank Thomas, and Tibor Berczelly. Among people deceased in 2001, Martha Mödl ranks 222Before her are Dmitry Polyansky, Giancarlo Brusati, Édouard Artigas, Ettore Puricelli, Milorad B. Protić, and Juan José Arreola. After her are Delia Derbyshire, Juan Acuña, Alberto Gallardo, René Bondoux, Malcom McLean, and Kamal Ranadive.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martha Mödl ranks 4,560 out of 7,253Before her are Rudi Assauer (1944), Sidonie of Saxony (1518), Wilhelm Killing (1847), Reiner Kunze (1933), Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1946), and Evelin Jahl (1956). After her are Gustav Schuft (1878), Hauschka (1966), Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834), Johann von Rist (1607), Heinrich Zschokke (1771), and Jörg Lucke (1942).

Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Martha Mödl ranks 61Before her are Erna Berger (1900), Lian Ross (1962), Max Lorenz (1901), Angela Gossow (1974), Brigitte Fassbaender (1939), and Corona Schröter (1751). After her are Ute Lemper (1963), Edda Moser (1938), Nicole (1964), Anneliese Rothenberger (1926), René Kollo (1937), and Lena Meyer-Landrut (1991).