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Enzo Leliva (Tenor) (1875 Teplik, Ukraine – Warsaw, Poland 1929)
His real name was Tadeusz Kopystcynski. He studied at first medicine at the University of Kiev, then law at the University of Warsaw. He received at the same time singing lessons from Mrs. Massini, later from A. W. Aleksandrowicz, also he studied with Jean de Reszke in Paris and with Augusto Brogi in Italy. In 1901 Leliva made his debut at the opera house in Saratov, afterwards he sang in Kiev. The violinist Stanislaw Barcewicz helped him to appear at the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, where he made his debut in 1902 as Radames in ‘’Aida’’ and appeared in this opera house up to 1904. He performed here among other things in ‘’Rigoletto’’, ‘’La Traviata’’, ‘’La Gioconda’’, ‘’La Favorita’’, in Tchaikovsky’s ‘’The Queen of Spades’’ and in the title roles of the operas ‘’Mazeppa’’ of A. Mьnchheimer and ‘’Chopin’’ of Orefice. During his engagement in Warsaw he made guest appearances in Lviv and Vilnius. By the invitation of the composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo, who had heard him in Warsaw, Leliva went in 1904 to Italy where he sang the role of Millo Dufresne in Leoncavallo’s opera ‘’Zaza’’. For the first time he appeared in this opera at the Teatro Lirico in Milan. In 1905 he guested at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples as Henning in the Italian premiиre of Leoncavallo’s ‘’Roland von Berlin’’, afterwards in Turin, Palermo and at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. In 1905 he performed at the Teatro Lirico in Milan as Jontek in the Italian premiиre of the Polish national opera ‘’Halka’’ of Moniuszko. He guested during his stay in Italy further in Poland and also in 1906 at the opera houses of St. Petersburg and Kiev. In 1907 he appeared at La Scala as Radames in ‘’Aida’’ and guested the same year in Mexico City. In 1908 he guested in Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon, then also at the Teatro Colуn in Buenos Aires. In 1909 he appeared at Covent Garden as Pinkerton in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’ and as Canio in ‘’Pagliacci’’ together with the famous soprano Emmy Destinn. In 1909 he sang for the first time in the USA, namely at the Boston Opera House (among other things as Turiddu in ‘’Cavalleria rusticana’’ and as Alfredo in ‘’La Traviata’’), then also in Chicago and New York. From 1910 to 1912 he was to be heard, primarily, in his Polish native country and in Russia. Then he went in 1913 again to Italy (Teatro Comunale. Bologna, Teatro Carlo Felice. Genoa), however, came back with outbreak of the First World War in 1914 to Poland and sang in Warsaw, later in Kiev, but primarily in concerts. In 1919 he finished his career in Kiev appearing last time in ‘’Halka’’ of Moniuszko. Since 1922 he worked as a singing teacher in Warsaw. One of his pupils was the famous tenor Jan Kiepura. In Russia and Poland he sang adopting the stage name Tadeusz Leliwa, in Italy and abroad under the stage name Enzo Leliva.
Chopin: Duet with Tadeusz Leliwa Gramophone 2-24031 7082L Rigoletto: La donna e mobile Columbia 85244
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