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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XVI, 19 October 1895, Page 486

The famous singer, Lassalle, has completely abandoned his artistic profession. He intends to manage the large iron works of which he is the proprietor at Chautemelle, near Betheuil. Since his return from America he has declined all offers of engagements, saying that he is devoting himself to chemistry, zoology and geology. • Science,’ he writes, * has conquered art ; music now occupies the second place in my life ; as regards the theatre memory is the only bond which unites me to it.’