Reszke
Americannoun
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Édouard de 1853–1917, Polish operatic bass.
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Jean de 1850–1925, Polish tenor.
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Not long afterward, Soprano Talley's bubble had burst, and Manhattan operagoers began to think that Melchior was the best all-round Heldentenor they had heard since Jean de Reszke.
From Time Magazine Archive
And here, in his only extant recording, is the Polish tenor De Reszke; the legendary voice is frustratingly obscured, but his Wagner and Meyerbeer heroes glow with virile grace.
From Time Magazine Archive
And so do Nordica, Sembrich and De Reszke on these treasures from the Met, recorded on wax cylinders by the company's librarian between 1900 and 1904.
From Time Magazine Archive
Greatest operatic tenor of the past century was tall, handsome, Polish-born Jean de Reszke, who retired in 1901.
From Time Magazine Archive
My meeting with Jean de Reszke is stamped vividly in my memory, since he was the first personage from that beautiful dream world of opera that it was my privilege to meet.
From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine
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