Dési Halban

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Dési Halban (1946)

Désirée "Dési" Louise Anna Ernestine von Halban (born April 10, 1912 in Vienna , † February 12, 1996 in Bilthoven ) was an Austrian singer from the Halban family . Her voice was soprano .

Life

Dési Halban was the daughter of the gynecologist Josef von Halban , who was ennobled in 1917, and the soprano Selma Kurz ; the future writer George Halban was her brother. Dési Halban sang together with her mother in 1932 when she last performed in the Mödling-St. Othmar in Mödling . From 1934 she sang in the Wiener Konzerthaus and in 1936 Gilda in Rigoletto at the Vienna State Opera .

In 1937 she met the art dealer Jacques Goudstikker , whom she married, during a performance in Amsterdam . They had a son Edouard (Edo, 1939–1996). In 1940 the family wanted to flee the Netherlands, but the husband died during the voyage. After the end of the Second World War , she returned to the Netherlands, where she married the lawyer August Eduard von Saher.

There is only one record of Dési Halban's recordings made on May 10, 1945 with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Bruno Walter . Dési Halban sings the soprano part Das himmlische Leben in the fourth movement of Gustav Mahler's 4th symphony .

Fonts

  • (Ed.): Selma Kurz. The singer and her time. With the collaboration of Ursula Ebbers. Belser, Stuttgart / Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-7630-9028-2 .

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SURNAME Halban, Dési
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halban, Désirée Louise Anna Ernestine von (full name); Halban, Dési (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer with a soprano voice
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1996
Place of death Bilthoven