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Dezső Ernster

1898–1981

Nationality
Hungary
Occupation
opera singer

Dezső Ernster (23 November 1898 – 15 February 1981) was a Hungarian opera singer who sang leading bass roles with the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1946 to 1963.

Incarceration history

  1. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown
  2. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown

Biography

Dezső Ernster (23 November 1898 – 15 February 1981) was a Hungarian opera singer who sang leading bass roles with the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1946 to 1963. In 1929, he created the role of Baron d'Houdoux in Hindemith's Neues vom Tage.

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