Édouard de Reszke [SEP] place of birth
Édouard de Reszke
Édouard de Reszke, originally Edward, (22 December 185325 May 1917) was a Polish bass from Warsaw. Born with an impressive natural voice and equipped with compelling histrionic skills, he became one of the most illustrious opera singers active in Europe and America during the late-Victorian era.
Career.
Édouard de Reszke was born into a well-to-do and cultured family in Warsaw, where he first learned to sing. He spent four years in Italy, studying singing first with Stella
Tremelli as Hérodiade, Jean de Reszke as Jean, Maurel as Hérode, Édouard de Reszke as Phanuel, and Giuseppe Villani as Vitellius. In the tenth and final performance of "Erodiade" on 13 March three De Reszkes could be heard, as Josephine de Reszke sang Salomé.
Early history Opéra-Comique.
In 1887 the Opéra-Comique moved into the theatre after its previous home, the second Salle Favart, had been destroyed by fire. The name Théâtre Lyrique was restored, and the Opéra-Comique continued to