Word: wronski
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Detroiters applauded indiscriminately for Raisa, Jagel, Ghione, raised the loudest tumult when Ghione made for the wings, led out Thaddeus Wronski, the stalky, middle-aged Polish basso who has long fathered the cause of opera in Detroit. Wronski made his first attempt as a producer in 1923 with an outdoor Aïda in the University Stadium. That night it was so hot that the grease paint streamed down the singers' faces. When the performance was about to begin a wind squall broke, blew down the Egyptian temple which was supposed to serve as the first-act scenery. Faithful...
...subsequent performances Impresario Wronski has drilled choruses, directed orchestras, helped build scenery, scoffed at scoffers until now he can command a substantial backing from the citizens of Detroit. Last week he was so excited that he almost swallowed his cigar backstage. After Detroit he took The Dybbuk to Chicago, scheduled it for five performances this week in Manhattan's Carnegie Hall...
While Clevelanders headed by Senator Robert Johns Bulkley were paying high prices to import Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera Company, Detroit last week followed up an experiment. Detroit four years ago had no local opera. The idea of one originated with Thaddeus Wronski (Ziembinski), a Polish basso who had studied with famed Edouard De Reszke. He came to the U. S. to sing with the Boston Opera Company in 1911, and ended by giving vocal lessons in Detroit...
...Basso Wronski's operatic scheme ignores the star system. The singers are capable but neither their experience nor their names permit their asking big fees. Orchestra and chorus are made up of local musicians, a fact which contributes considerably to local pride. The largest subscriber pays $1,000 on a four-year basis, some 300 people subscribe...