Kleczyński Emanuel, *23 March 1822 Warsaw, †after 1876, Polish singer (tenor) and actor. He debuted on 29 December 1839 in Warsaw as Don Ramiro in Rossini’s Cinderella. Engaged in the Warsaw Opera, he sang, among others, in Hérold’s Zampa, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Auber’s Fra Diavolo. In 1852, he went to Vilnius, where on 28 February 1854, he sang the part of Jontek in the 2-act stage version of Moniuszko’s Halka. In 1855, he returned to Warsaw. In “Ruch Muzyczny” J. Sikorski wrote about him critically, although kindly in reviews of performances at the Warsaw Opera (1857 – Leopold in Halévy’s Jewess, 1858 – Nearch in Donizetti’s Poliuto and probably Raul de Nangis in Meyerbeer’s Huguenots, 1859 – Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the prince in Auber’s The Bronze Horse conducted by S. Moniuszko). After losing his full vocal abilities, he rarely performed. On 30 September 1860, he gave a farewell concert at the new Resursa in Warsaw, and in December, on his way to Russia, he gave two concerts in Minsk, singing arias from Auber’s Fra Diavolo, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi’s Otello, and Schubert’s Serenade. On 15 January 1864, he performed in Krakow with his wife Adela (soprano). Later he acted as a dramatic actor; in 1866–68, he belonged to A. Trapsza’s team, and then to P. Ratajewicz’s team. In 1869, he was the director of the Tivoli garden theatre in Warsaw, and in the following years, he also performed in other garden theatres.
Literature: Kronika krajowa, “Ruch Muzyczny” 1857 Nos 10, 13, 20, 21, 1858 No. 28, 1859 Nos 4, 16, 22 and others; [J. Sikorski] Tenor zapomniany, “Ruch Muzyczny” 1859 No. 5.
