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"LIVE" ~ GHOSTS OF THE MET: Polish Tenor Jean de Reszke ~ O Paradis (1901)

Polish Tenor Jean de Reszke (1850-1925) / O Paradis / L'Africaine (Meyerbeer) / captured on cylinder during a live March 15, 1901 performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York by Met librarian Lionel Mapleson -- Jean de Reszke (14 January 1850 -- 3 April 1925) Polish tenor, renowned internationally for the high quality of his singing and the elegance of his bearing, he became the biggest male opera star of the late 19th century. See the full wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_... The following is from The 'Record of Singing' by Michael Scott (Charles Scribner's Sons ~ 1977) "Alas, no commercial records of de Reszke have survived. Indeed it is a moot point whether he ever made any. The only surviving souvenirs of all his greatness are a few minutes captured by Lionel Mapleson in his last Met season, during which he gave an almost complete review of his repertory, appearing as Lohengrin, Tristan, Walther, Romeo, Siegfried and Raoul, an achievement not equalled by any tenor since. The best of Mapleson's efforts are some excerpts from Vasco's 'O Paradis'. He takes this aria more slowly than we are accustomed from most singers on 78 records. The grand manner is contrived less by large breath spans than by artful phrasing and expressive use of portamento. The tone of the voice, as far as one can tell, sounds attractive, the legato is suave and elegant. The graces to the line are done with chiselled finesse; at the climax on the words 'tu m'appartiens' the mordent is turned more quickly than has been the fashion since Caruso's time. It does not seem to have been a brilliant or heroic-sized instrument and there is a very abrupt shift into the head register; the B flat having a large measure of falsetto, though to judge from the audience's reaction the effect was pretty stunning." ******************************