Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
BY cnNEvRA JoHNsroNn-BrsHoP
The Dc RcszIkes

in the atmosphere of art. Jean was
.aught singing by his mother, and at
the age of II sang the solos in the
cathedral at Warsaw. He was edu-
Gated for the profession of the law, but
his love of music was. such that he
decided to prepare himself for the
cperatic stage, and began to study with
Ciaffei, and later on with Cologni
(ceachers absolutely unknown to us).
He made his debut at Venice in 1874 as
baritone, and for a number of years
sang baritone parts until he found the
strain telling on his health. He felt he
was not fully prepared, so retired from
the stage and went to Paris to study
with Sbriglia, not appearing again until
1879, and then as tenor, in Roberto"
at Madrid, when he made a great sue
cess, and from that time on has been
regarded as one of the greatest tenors
of the age. OF recent years his sue
cesses have been chiefly in Wagnerian
ioIes. He is an ideal Lchengrin, and has
added to his laurels as Tristan and as
Siegfried. No tenor since the days OF
Mario has awakened such widespread
public interest. Even Caruso, Van
Dyck, Alvary--Ione of these are the
equal of Jean de Reszke in the per-
fection of his art. In natural voice
think all three excel him.
Jean de Reszke's estates in Poland
were extensive and in 1896 were ex-
tensively improved for the reception or
his bride, the Countess Mailly-Nesle.
The personal appearance, as well as
the geniality of the great tenor, helped
to make him an object of interest, for
he is a man of great physical beauty
and grace, very distinguished.
Jean de Reszke created furore In
America and has visited this country
1umber of seasons, under the manage
nient of Abbey and Grau. In 1896 they
failed and the De Reszkes attempted
10 form an opera company in order to
finish the season, and in so doing they
incurred a great deal of popular indig-
ration by their treatment of Nine.
Nordica, who felt obliged to leave the
company, and by inducing Nine. Melba
to assume Wagnerian roles, in which
she proved to be a failure. They be-
came the object of newspaper attack
on account of the large price which
they both demanded for their services
for the simple reason that the remedy
lies with the public rather than with
the singer. A singer is justified in get
ting as much money as his services
viii bring, and as long as he finds peo-
pie, whether managers or public, who
art Willie " pay tho1 III ASO AiO WAA
ask II. When the price is refused 1t
lies with the artist whether he will sing
for less money or withdraw.
Nine. de Reszke is an amateur mu-
sician OF exceptional ability and a lady
CT much personal beauty.
Jean de ResZke is now teaching in
Paris.
Edouard de Reszke is a younger
brother of the great tenor. He made
his debut in 1876 at Paris in aida"
and entered on a career of renown. He
has undergone course of study at the
agricultural college at Prikao. with
: lew of developing the resources of the
great estates of the De Reszke family
IN Poland 1t was at the instigation of
his brother Jean that he abandoned his
proposed occupation and took to the
stage. The great basso studied at
Milan with Stella and Alba, and later
on with Colett!. E1is voice is a full,
rich, resonant bass, capable of sending
forth notes of immense volume or thoSe
ot the most tender quality. His ap-
pearanee is that of a great, tall, broad
shouldered giant. with fair skin and
flue eyes, and his stage presence. is
imposing.
In 1880 Massenet entrusted to him
the creation of LIE Roi de Lahore, in
tue pTOuuCllOn HI LID SCald III MlldI.
he has also created the parts of Carlo
" in Marchetti's Don Gionanni d'Aus-
tria," and Don Diegue in lie Cid"
His greatest success. however, was his
assumption of the role of Mephisto-
rheles in Faust" This, more than any
other, established his reputation as
great lyric artist, and he is generally
conceded to be one of the greatest
bassos of the century.
Article in next Sundays Herald will
sLeak of NJ. Pancou- -Stockhausen and
Myron Whitney.
Miss Ere 'nstad sang again the role
of Brunhilde February 10, in New York
at the Metropolitan, and scored great
success. The New York Times says:
"She was in splendid voice and she
sang all the music with ease and aban-
don. In action and appearance she
was beautiful
A new quartet, "The Strollers," gave
n fine program at the Hollywood hotel
Thursday night. The personnel of the
quartet is Arthur G. Steele, Howard E.
Pratt, William G.. Wells and George
p. Ewing, They go on the arpheum
the coming week for an extended tour.
making a successful debut there last
night
Miss Margaret Goetz has been giving
series of recitals in private drawing
rooms in Los Angeles this season, with
success hear. Miss Goetz excels In
German Lieder.
Miss Ksvanau, Frank Pollok and
Miss Florence Johnson gave a charm
ing program at Monrovia last night,
In the hands of Alfred A. Farland,
who comes to Los Angeles for one con-
cert only on Friday, March 13, at
Blanchard hall, the banjo reveals great
resources for expressing the Joys of
classic. music. Farland has the reputa-
ton of being the worlds greatest banjo
ist. and he fully sustains that reputa-
tion whenever he appears in concert.
He has a lovely touch, under which
every difficulty seems to vanish. His
repertoire consists of the works of
Chopin, Schubert, Weniawski Paga-
nini De Beriot and Beethoven. His
audience is always enthusiastic in their
praise of his artistic rendering of such
difficult numbers and his program for
Los Angeles will be very interesting
cne.
The Monday Musical club is to give
a charming program Monday after
noon at the home of Miss Harriet
Johnson, Garland avenue. Frank Pol
lock. the artistic tenor is to sing:
Mrs. Webb. the violinist Miss Thomp-
son, Mrs voigt are among the artists
on the program.