JEAN DE RESZKE, ALSO SPELLED JAN
RETZSKÉ, ORIGINAL NAME JAN MIECZYSLAW, (BORN JAN. 14, 1850, WARSAW, POL.,
RUSSIAN EMPIRE [NOW IN POLAND]—DIED APRIL 3, 1925, NICE, FR.)
Polish
operatic tenor, celebrated for his beautiful voice, phrasing, and enunciation
as well as his charm and striking presence. Of a musical family, de Reszke was
first taught by his mother, then by vocal coaches in Warsaw and Paris. After an
undistinguished early career as a baritone under the name Giovanni di Reschi in
Italy, London, and Paris, he retrained as a tenor with Giovanni Sbriglia and in
1879 made an inauspicious debut in Madrid in Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Robert le
diable. For the next few years de Reszke concentrated on concert performances,
until persuaded to create John the Baptist in the Paris premiere of Jules
Massenet’s Hérodiade at the Paris Opéra in 1884. De Reszke’s performance was a
triumph, and for the next five years he was the leading tenor of the Paris
Opéra, where in 1885 he created Rodrique in Le Cid, written for him by
Massenet. He first sang Wagnerian roles in London, as Lohengrin in 1887 and as
Walther in Die Meistersinger in 1888. In 1891 he made his American debut in
Chicago and was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where he
remained until 1901, winning great acclaim in Wagnerian roles, above all as
Tristan. In 1902 he withdrew to Paris and teaching, and in 1919 he settled in
Nice. He often performed with his brother Edouard and his sister Josephine,
both eminent singers.
TRACKLIST
Africaine 15
March 1901 Ô paradis – J. de Reszke IRCC IRCC
Africaine 15
March 1901 Sélika, Vasco duet – Bréval, J. de Reszke IRCC IRCC IRCC
Cid 19
January 1901 O noble lame – Bréval, Melba, J. de Reszke, Sizés, Plançon, E. de
Reszke
Huguenots 11
March 1901 Act IV duet – Nordica, J. de Reszke IRCC
Huguenots 11
March 1901 Act IV duet – Nordica, J. de Reszke IRCC
Huguenots 11
March 1901 Act IV duet – Nordica, J. de Reszke IRCC
Lohengrin 29
March 1901 Bridal Chamber – J. de Reszke
Lohengrin 29
March 1901 Act III Finale – J. de Reszke, E. de Reszke
Siegfried 19
March 1901 Forging Song – J. de Reszke IRCC IRCC
Siegfried 19
March 1901 Act I Finale – J. de Reszke, Hübbenet
Tristan 13
March 1901 Act II – Ternina, J. de Reszke
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