WACŁAW BRZEZIŃSKI (WARSAW, 15 SEPTEMBER, 1878 – ŁÓDŹ,
13 FEBRUARY, 1955)
He was originally a
blacksmith, but after his voice was discovered, he studied in Italy and made
his debut in 1904 at the Teatro del Corso in Bologna as the lead in Martha by
F. von Flotow. He also studied under Witold Aleksandrowicz in Warsaw and joined
the opera house in Lwów (Lvov) in 1906. By 1908, he had performed as a guest in
Palermo and Bologna. Later that year, he was engaged by the Warsaw Opera,
making his debut there as Silvio in R. Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. He remained the
leading baritone at this opera house for twenty years and was known as the
“Polish Battistini.”
During the 1911-12 season, he
performed as a guest at various opera houses in southern Italy and Sicily,
notably as Rigoletto in Rigoletto and as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia. He
also appeared in Moscow. In Warsaw, he sang a comprehensive Bel Canto
repertoire for baritone, as well as Polish opera works by S. Moniuszko. His
overexertion led to heart problems, forcing him to retire from active singing.
He then became a voice pedagogue in Warsaw and later served as a professor at
the College of Music in Łódź. His students included notable singers such as Jan
Kiepura, Jerzy Czaplicki, Eugeniusz Mossakowski, and Jerzy Garda.
Chronology of some appearances
1904 Bologna Teatro del Corso
Martha (Tristan)
1908 Warsaw Opera House Pagliacci (Silvio)
TRACKLIST
A wish (The Prisoner)
(Rubinstein) 4-22317 2496ae Gramophone, Warszawa 1911-08-21
Ah, this charm (Kalienski)
X-2-62784 Zonophone Warszawa 1911-08-21
Chrysanthemums (words Radoshevskaja)
X-2-62783 Zonophone Warszawa 1911-08-20
Die beiden Grenadiere
(Schumann) X-2-62781 Zonophone Warszawa 1911-08-20
Ernani (Verdi) O sommo Carlo
0222000 191af Gramophone, Warszawa 1911-08-28
Hamlet (Thomas) Le vin
dissippe la tristesse 0222001 192af Gramophone, Warszawa 1911-08-28
Maria Mari (di Capua) 222013
1056ae Gramophone, Moskva 1910-07-13
O sole mio (di Capua) 222012
1054ae Gramophone, Moskva 1910-07-13
So, have mercy
(Bakaleynikov) X-2-62731 Moskva 1910-07-15
Straszny Dwór (Moniuszko)
Which of my girls 4-22393 3437ae Gramophone, Warszawa 1912-02-24
The haunted castle (Moniuszko)
Polonaise 13499 Syrena, Warszawa 1906
Non t’amo più (Tosti)
4-22361 3431ae Gramophone, Warszawa 1912-02-24
Graf von Luxemburg (Lehár) My
Lord (w. Messal) X-2-64050 Zonophone, Warszawa 1910-09
Graf von Luxemburg (Lehár) Is
this my happiness (w. Messal) X-2-64051 Zonophone, Warszawa 1910-09
Zigeunerliebe (Lehár): Ha, ha, a to zabawne (w. Messal) 67579-A Victor
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