Jean de Reszke made the ladies swoon when he premiered as this Wagnerian lover in 1895
[DOC] [TLE] Jean de Reszke | Polish singer | Britannica.com [PAR] Jean de Reszke, also spelled Jan Retzsk, original name Jan Mieczyslaw (born 
Jan. ... and Paris, he retrained as a tenor with Giovanni Sbriglia and in 1879 
made an ... in the Paris premiere of Jules Massenet's Hrodiade at the Paris 
Opra in 1884.