# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desiree-louise-anna-ernestine-von-halban
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:25:52.485Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desiree-louise-anna-ernestine-von-halban"
name: "Désirée Louise Anna Ernestine von Halban"
slug: "desiree-louise-anna-ernestine-von-halban"
description: "Désirée Louise Anna Ernestine \"Dési\" von Halban was an Austrian opera and concert singer. She was the daughter of Austrian parents: operatic soprano Selma Kurz and gynecologist Josef von Halban."
tagline: "Opera singer; wife of Jacques Goudstikker (1912–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D%C3%A9si_von_Halban_(1946).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1912-04-10"
deathDate: "1996-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.139068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  231
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2771563"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9si_Halban"
    title: "Dési Halban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9si_von_Halban"
    title: "Dési von Halban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9si_von_Halban"
    title: "Dési von Halban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%A6%D5%AB_%D6%86%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Դեզի ֆոն Հալբան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9si_von_Halban"
    title: "Dési von Halban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Хальбан, Дези фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7a098518-3cdd-4643-a7d8-25c6955540f7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1960833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump