Gé Korsten

Gé Korsten
Gé Korsten in his debut role as Canio in Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.
Background information
Birth nameGérard Korsten
Born(1927-12-06)December 6, 1927
Schiedam, Netherlands
DiedSeptember 29, 1999(1999-09-29) (aged 71)
Wilderness,South Africa

Gérard Korsten (popularly known as Gé) (6 December 1927 - 29 September 1999) was a South African opera tenor and actor who had a great influence on Afrikaans culture.

Born in Schiedam, as the youngest of eight children, Korsten and his family emigrated to South Africa when he was nine years old. He married Elna Burger and had five children, among them renowned conductor and violinist Gérard Korsten.

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