Jean de Reszke, born Jan Mieczyslaw, (14 January 1850 - 3 April 1925) was a Polish operatic tenor born in Warsaw. His parents were Poles; his father was a state official and his mother a capable amateur singer, their house being a recognized musical centre. He made his first public appearance, as a baritone, in Venice in January 1874, as Alfonso in La Favorita, and in the following April he sang for the first time in London, appearing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and a little later in Paris. He appeared every year in London at Drury Lane and Covent Garden from 1879-1890 and each year from 1893 to 1899 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City ?007 TopFoto