JEAN DE RESZKE,
LEADING TENOR,
PASSES AWAY
NICE, France, April 4.—Jean
De Reszke. for many years lead
ing tenor at the Metropolitan
Opera House, New York, died here
yesterday.
Jean de Reszke for a number of
years occupied with theatre goers a
popular place similar to that held by
rhe late Enrico Caruso. He had at
tained success on the opera stage in
in all the principal cities of Europe
before coming to this country and.
with his brother, the late Edouard de
Reszke. basso, shared the honors of
being the principal attraction on the
European opera stage.
Although his reportoire was a long
one and included the tenor roles of all
the operas in his time in Europe and
America, it was said that de Reszke’s
greatest delight was in singing Ro
meo in “Romeo and Juliette." for
which he was famous a generation
ago. He was almost as popular in Lo
hengrin and Vasco de Gamma.
De Reszke’s debut in opera was as
a baritone and as such he appeared
in several European cities. When M.
Sibriglia heard him he at once recog
nized the possibilities of de Reszke
as a tenor and advised him to culti
vate the upper range of his voice. The
singer quit the st'age for two years
to study under Sibriglia and at Ma
drid in December, 1879, made his de
but as a tenor in the role of “Robert
le Diablo.” His success, according to
critics, was more pronounced than
that which attended his previous ap
pearances as a barritone. He continu
ed to sing tenor roles with such satis
faction that Massenet composed “La
Cid" especially for him with de Res
zke in the tit Ie role. Later Gounod
superintended the revival of “Romeo
et Julia" ini which de Reszke sang the
hero role.
Meanwhile, Edouard had been win
ning success as a basco and together
they were engaged as the principal
attraction of the Italian opera season
in London. They appeared there for
several seasons and thereafter their
engagements in most cases were to
gether. They sang before the late
Czar Alexander II and appeared in
the opera houses at Moscow and Pet
rograd. the latter then being St. Pet
ersburg and one of the principal op
era centers of Europe. They were
special favorites of the late Queen
Victoria of England and sang before
her many times at Windsor.
\\ hen the brothers came to America
in 1S90 to sing for the Metropolitan
the> immediately became favorites,
bm Jean appeared to be the more pop
ulai. not only in New York but in
other cities of the country as well.
After returning to Europe Jean re
tired to Paris and devoted himself to
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teaching. He appeared in opera only
occasionally for a few years and then
definitely retired from the stage. Not
withstanding his triumphs in many
European cities he always felt a deep
sense of gratitude toward America and
Americans for his success in this
country. He once said that he knew
no better way of expressing that grat
i it tide than by giving special attention
to the young American singers who
came to him for instruction.
Jean de Reszke ,was born at War
saw, January 14,1850, and was of a
noble Polish family. It was origin
ally intended to educate him in law
but his musical ability made itself ap
parent when he began to receive vo
cal instruction from his mother, who
was a distinguished amateur singer.
At the age of 12 he sang solos in the
cathedral at Warsaw and later studied
with several noted teachers. He made
his debut at Vienna in 1874. After his
retirement from the stage, in addition
to teaching he interested himself in
the breeding of thorobred horses.
De Reszke retained his fine voice
until well advanced in age. Evidence
of this was given by Oscar Seagle, a
former baritone of the Metropolitan
and who had studied under Reszke
Relating a meeting with the famous
tenor in Paris in the early part of the
year 1923, Mr. Seagle who accompan
ied him to his studio, said that while
coaching a pupil in the graces of
■Gounod’s Romeo, de Reszke uncon
sciously let himself drift back to the
role and sang it in its entirety. Mr.
Seagle reported, in a voice magnifi
ciently strong, clear and sure. When
de Reszke had finished he nodded
proudly toward Seagle saying: “You
are the only person who has ever
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Lack of Funds May Cause
Cathedral to Close Its Doors
LONDON, Apr. 4.—The poorest ca
thedral in Christendom is Southwark
cathedral, according to tin* Iiishop
of Woodwich.
There is practically no endowment,
the bishop explained, and the deans,
the sub-deans and canons were not
paid a single penny. The cathedral
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heard me sing the role of Romeo off
the stage.”
The meeting of the two teachers
(Mr. Seagle also was engaged in vocal
instruction) resulted in the promulga
tion of plans for a new opera house,
the definite purpose of which was ac
customing young singers to actual
operatic conditions. Although in ill
health when he retired from the oper
atic stage, de Reszke in later years
recovered and. according to Mr. Sea
gle, had a “magnificent contempt for
all doctors and for dietitians in par
ticular.”
De Reszke married the Countess
Maria de Goulaine.
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