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Erlanger Theatre 120 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY

Jan Wiktor Kiepura & Marta Eggerth together

Jan Wiktor Kiepura (May 16, 1902 – August 15, 1966) was a Polish singer (lyric tenor / lirico spinto, Heldentenor) and actor.

Marriage to Marta Eggerth

On October 31, 1936, Kiepura married the Hungarian-born lyric soprano Marta Eggerth (1912–2013). The two often sang together in operettas, in concerts, on records, and in films until his death. In 1937 Kiepura and Eggerth were forced to flee Europe due to the rise of German Nazism and the onset of World War II. They emigrated to the United States.

Death

Jan Wiktor Kiepura died at the age of 64 in New York and is buried in Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw, while his wife Marta Eggerth died on Dec 26, 2013 in Rye New York - She was 101 years old.

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