Ernst Van Dyke & Marie Renard by Adele

Van Dyck as Le Chevalier des Grieux & Renard as Manon Lescaut in " Manon " Massenet

ERNEST VAN DYCK
(Ernst Marie Hubert VAN DIJCK )
(Anvers, 02 Aprill 1861 – Berlaar [Berlaar-lez-Lierre], province d'Anvers, 31 August 1923)
Belguim Tenor
First student in law at Louvain and Brussels, he became a journalist, editor of "the Scheldt" in Antwerp, from "the motherland" in Paris, where he worked with Saint-Yves-Bax singing. He was hired by Lamoureux concerts and was there cheering for five years in the music of Wagner. January 25, 1886, he created with the Concerts Lamoureux in the Eden-Théâtre le song of the Bell (Wilhelm) of Vincent d'Indy. When Lamoureux gave April 30, 1887, this theatre the memorable representation of Lohengrin in the French version of Charles Nuitter, Van Dyck was appointed to the role of Lohengrin. He was part of the cast of Bayreuth from 1888 to 1911; its beginning was resounding, and the young singer was immediately hired in Vienna, where he played in German: Parsifal, Lohengrin, the gold of the Rhine, the mastersingers of Nuremberg, then Faust, Romeo and Juliet, Manon, and finally Werther (Werther), which he created at the imperial Opera on February 16, 1892 in the German version of Kalbeck. He continued to sing annually at Bayreuth, where he became the Wagnerian tenor by excellence. Covent-Garden, its success was not less complete. March 14, 1897, he created in Monte - Carlo Moina (Patrice) of Isidore de Lara. He sang repeatedly the operas of Wagner at the Opéra de Paris in 1897, in 1908, and notably in 1914 when Parsifal was staged for the first time. On 1 April 1913, he staged the Freischütz at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées. Van Dyck was one of the most accomplished Wagnerian tenors.

MARIE RENARD
(Marie Polzl)
(8 January 1864 – 19 October 1939)
Austrian Mezzo Soprano

Studied voice with Louise Weinlich-Tipka in her native city of Graz and later in Berlin with Rosa de Ruda. She debuted in 1882 in Graz as Azucena in Verdi's "Il trovatore", (1884–1885) she sang at the German Theatre in Prague. After making guest appearances in the title roles of Bizet's Carmen and Ambroise Thomas' Mignon at the Berlin Hofoper in 1885, she became a member of that company from 1885 to 1888 and sang there in the premiere of Heinrich Hofmann's Donna Diana in 1886.In 1888 she was engaged at the Vienna Hofoper .She was known for her portrayals of roles in French operas (sung in German), in particular as Carmen.
Sang in World Permieres of as Eva in " Ritter Pázmán "by Johann Strauss II 1892 Charlotte Massenet's "Werther" 1892 ,Frau Dot in the world premiere of Goldmark's " Das Heimchen am Herd " 1896 .She sang the title role in the first Viennese performance's of Massenet's "Manon" (1890) and Tatjana Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (1897).

Other roles in Vienna included Cherubino in Figaros Hochzeit (Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in German), Zerline in Mozart's Don Giovanni, the title roles in Mignon by Thomas and Djamileh by Bizet, Ännchen in Weber's Der Freischütz, Angela in Auber's Le domino noir, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II, Musetta in Puccini's La bohème, and Hänsel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel.

Her farewell performance was as Carmen in 1900