Otakar Kraus

British opera singer (1909–1980)
Person human Q1742544

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
December 10, 1909
Date of death
July 28, 1980
Place of birth
Prague
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
opera singer
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Described by source
BEIC Digital Library[15]
Family name
Kraus[12]
Given name
Otakar[13]
Instrument
voice[14]
Military branch
Czechoslovak army in exile[10]
Voice type
baritone[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Otakar Kraus cs Otokar Kraus cs Ottakar Kraus ru Отакар Краус
🔖 Identifiers · 46
VIAF cluster ID
94031830
Library of Congress authority ID
n84041940
GND ID
128430109
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001792184
BIBSYS ID
3091519
BMLO ID
k1630
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13922536d
Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands ID
46382
CANTIC ID (former scheme)
a19526295
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12135352
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DDB person (GND) ID
128430109
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
128430109
Dezède person ID
24630
Discogs artist ID
1112184
Europeana entity
agent/base/2491
FAST ID
134815
Freebase ID
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Geni.com profile ID
6000000020359121770
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
13291
Grove Music Online ID
15488
IdRef ID
15656825X
Libraries Australia ID
35994325
Military Historical Archive exile army member ID
39326
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000268486
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2013776632
NLA Trove people ID
1177190
NSK (VIAF) ID
000263631
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000460102
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007277215805171
National Library of Latvia ID
000107852
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BtoX;=CN
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810703826705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1317890
Operissimo artist ID
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Oxford Reference overview ID
20110810105230614
RERO ID (legacy)
A003472832
SNAC ARK ID
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
5139
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058610008806706
WikiTree person ID
Kraus-1984
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwp3PtW6HHjvtXhjbyTpP

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Occupation 1
Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
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Summary

Otakar Kraus was born in Prague[1]. He was born on December 10, 1909[2]. He passed away in London[3]. He died on July 28, 1980[4]. He worked as an opera singer[5].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[17]

  • Country: XC[18]

  • Began / founded: 1909-12-10[19]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1980-07-28[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fe173af0-b8fb-4749-951f-a0448e56c558[21]

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Career and Affiliations

Notable students include Judy Bellingham[7], an opera singer[22], of New Zealand[23], awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal[24] and John Tomlinson[8], an opera singer[25], b. 1946[26], of United Kingdom[27], awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire[28].

FAQs

Where was Otakar Kraus born?

Otakar Kraus was born in Prague[1].

Where did Otakar Kraus die?

Otakar Kraus died in London[3].

What did Otakar Kraus do for work?

Otakar Kraus worked as opera singer[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Database of members of the Czechoslovak Republic of military units abroad for the World War II. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . odt.co.nz. odt.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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