Slezak

(sl ’-sik), (1) Leo, b. Schénberg (Moravia), Aug. 18, 1875; opera tenor; studied with Robinson in Briinn; later with Jean de Reszke; début as “Lohengrin,” Briinn Op., 1896; sang in Berlin and Breslau; after 1909, member of Vienna Op.; Covent Garden, 1909 (“Otello”); Met. Op., N. Y., 1909-13; also in Munich, Dresden, Wiesbaden, Budapest, Paris, Prague and La Scala, singing heroic réles. (2) Walter, his son, has sung with succ. in operetta in New York. (sli-vén’-shki), Jos. von, Warsaw, Dec. 15, 1865—March 2, 1930; pianist; Leschetizky and Anton of Strobl, Rubin stein; début, 1893; toured 1890; America, with Leipzig Philh. orch.; lived Paris.