Tibor Rudas (6 February 1920 – 8 September 2014), was a Hungarian-born American
entrepreneur
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, known for conceptualising
Luciano Pavarotti performances in sports arena settings and later signing the "Three Tenors"
José Carreras,
Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French ...
and Luciano Pavarotti to appear in a series of worldwide arena concerts.
Born in
Budapest
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, he was imprisoned in the
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
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during World War II by the Nazis. Prior to his work with Pavarotti, Rudas was active in
Atlantic City, New Jersey, booking acts for the
Superstar Theater and the
Steel Pier. He died in
Santa Monica, California
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, aged 94.
References
Obituary - Los Angeles Times
External links
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1920 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Hungarian people
Hungarian record producers
Businesspeople from Budapest
Hungarian emigrants to the United States
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