Édouard de Reszké, younger brother of the famous tenor Jean (1850-1925), made his debut on April 22, 1876 as the King of Egypt in the first Parisian performance of Aida at the Théâtre Italien de Paris, under the baton of Giuseppe Verdi.

Until his retirement in 1903, Edouard sang roles in a vast repertoire in French, German and Italian, including works by Wagner, Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Ponchielli, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Flotow and Mozart. His only rival at the Met and Covent Garden was the elegant virtuoso Pol Plançon; but unlike De Reszké, he sang few Wagner operas.

The talented De Reszké brothers have often performed together in Paris, London, New York, Chicago and Milan, always with phenomenal success. Most notably, they performed together in Faust 's 500th at the Paris Opera in 1887.

Edouard de Reszké taught singing for a time in London before returning to Poland. Cut off from his brother by the fighting in the First World War, he died on May 25, 1917, in extreme poverty.