Imre kiralfy biography sampler

Imre Kiralfy and Bolossy Kiralfy were highly influential burlesque and spectacle producers in Europe and the United States toward the end of the 19th century.

The brothers paved the way for many of our modern day spectacles.^{[citation needed]} With backgrounds in music and dance, these performers turned producers dazzled New York City with theatrical wonders.

The brothers had a long and successful partnership and even continued to have success in their individual careers. From folk dancing in Europe to directing and producing in the United States, the Kiralfys spent their lives astounding audiences with unseen visual phenomenon and were never afraid to push the boundaries earning them a special place in entertainment history.

Family life

The Kiralfy Brothers, Imre (1845–1919) and Bolossy (1848–1932), were the eldest of seven siblings born in the 1840s in Pest—(since 1873 incorporated with Buda and Óbuda into Budapest)—during the Hungarian R