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JOSEF MANN (LVIV, UKRAINE, 24 FEBRUARY, 1883 – BERLIN, 5 SEPTEMBER, 1921)

 

 

 

 

He made his debut in 1909 in Stanislaw Moniuszko’s opera Halka at Lviv, performing the role of Jontek. In 1910, he appeared again at the same opera house in Verdi’s Aida, where his partner was Irene Heller. At the beginning of the 1910-1911 season, he became a member of the Lviv Opera for two years. He continued his music studies with Guagni in Milan.

From 1912 to 1915, he was engaged at the Vienna Volksoper. In the 1915-1916 season, he sang at the Royal Court Theatre in Wiesbaden, where he appeared in the premiere of Julius Bittner’s opera Das Höllisch Gold. From 1916 to 1919, he worked at the Land Theatre in Darmstadt.

Guest performances took him to major opera houses in Prague, Bucharest, Dresden, Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Munich, Basel, and Vienna. In 1918, he signed a contract with the Vienna Staatsoper, and in 1919, he performed the title role in the Berlin premiere of Hans Pfitzner’s opera Palestrina.

Tragically, he died onstage at the Berlin State Opera during a performance of Aida, preventing him from fulfilling his contract with the Metropolitan Opera in 1921, where he was scheduled to take over many roles for the ailing Enrico Caruso.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

Aida (Verdi) Boska Aida 21160 Pathé, Wien 1910/1911

Aida (Verdi) Boska Aida 52883 Pathé, Wien 1911

Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida 80915 xxB6403 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Aida (Verdi) Chcesz umrzyc 51382 Pathé, Wien 1910

Aida (Verdi) Ich seh’ dich wieder (w. Kemp) 80704 xxB6691 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Aida (Verdi) Zur Ferne entflieh’n (w. Kemp) 80705 xxB6692 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Ave Maria (Cherubini) 51980 Pathé, Wien 1911

Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) Di tu se fedele RXX80735 xxB6629 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Barkarola (Gall) 21160 Pathé, Wien 1910/1911

Carmen (Bizet) Il fior 52834 Pathé, Wien 1911

Carmen (Bizet) Il fior Rxx 80701 XXB6405 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Carmen (Bizet) O matko widze cie (w. Debicka) 51941, Pathé, Wien 1911

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Hoch der Wein! 80716 xxB6649 Odeon, Berlin 1921-04/05

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Trinklied 51756 Pathé, Wien 1911

Dzwony (Niewiadomski) 51926, Pathé, Wien 1911

Evangelimann (Kienzl) Selig sind die Verfolgung leiden 51754 Pathé, Wien 1911

Faust (Gounod) Pozwól mi (w. Debicka) 51943, Pathé, Wien 1911

Halka (Moniuszko) I ty mu wierzysz 80725 xxB6685 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Halka (Moniuszko) I ty my wierzysz 51379 Pathé, Wien 1910

Halka (Moniuszko) Szmia jodly (Arie des Jontek) 80724 xxB6647 Odeon, Berlin 1921-04/05

Janek (Zelenski) Dumka 51919 Pathé, Wien 1911

Juive (Halévy) Allmächt’ger, blicke gnädig (w. chorus) 80729 xxB6404 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Juive (Halevy) Rachel quand du Signeur 51377 Pathé, Wien 1911

Juive (Halévy) Recha, als Gott dich einst 80728 xxB6406 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Konigin Von Saba (Goldmark) Am Fusse des Libanon RXX80730 xxB6398 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Konigin Von Saba (Goldmark) Aus klaren Fluren RXX80731 xxB6398 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Krakowiaczek (Moniuszko) 52838 Pathé, Wien 1911

Lohengrin (Wagner) Fragmente 51758 Pathé, Wien 1911

Mona Lisa (von Schillings) Duo Part 1 (w. Kemp) Rxx80738 xxB6693 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Mona Lisa (von Schillings) Duo Part 2 (w. Kemp) Rxx80739 xxB6694 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Duet, act 1 (w. Debicka) 51944, 21128 Pathé, Wien 1911

Wladca swiata (Moniuszko) 51920 Pathé, Wien 1911

Otello (Verdi) Du Verrater! Weiche! 80740 xxB6402 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Otello (Verdi) Jeder Knabe 80741 xxB6686 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Lache, Bajazzo 51753 Pathé, Wien 1911

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Nein, bin Bajazzo nicht bloß 80709 xxB6628 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Serenade Arlekina 52833 Pathé, Wien 1911

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Smiej sie, pajacu 51916 Pathé, Wien 1911

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la giubba Lxx80929 xxB6627 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Panie, gdy serce drzy (Moniuszko) 51918, Pathé, Wien 1911

Parsifal (Wagner) Amfortas! Die Wunde! 80742 xxB6648 Odeon, Berlin 1921-04/05

Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna e mobile 52884 Pathé, Wien 1911

Rigoletto (Verdi) O wie so trügerisch 51755 Pathé, Wien 1911

Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella 51759 Pathé, Wien 1911

Smutno (-) 51982 Pathé, Wien 1911

Straszny Dwór (Moniuszko) Arya z kurantemi 51378 Pathé, Wien 1910

Tannhäuser (Wagner) Dir töne Lob 80743, xxB6688 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Tannhauser (Wagner) Dir tone lob! 51374 Pathé, Wien 1910

Tannhäuser (Wagner) Inbrunst im Herzen 80744 xxB6400 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Tiefland (d’Albert) Traumerzählung 80736, xxB6630 Odeon, Berlin 1921

Tosca (Puccini) Arya Cavaradossiego 51917 Pathé, Wien 1911

Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armona 52885 Pathé, Wien 1911

Traviata (Verdi) Niech kraza kielichy 52837 Pathé, Wien 1911

Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Das Schiff Siehst du’s noch nicht 80750 xxB6399-2 Odeon, Berlin 1919-06

Trovatore (Verdi) Ah! si, ben mio 80717 xxB6687 Odeon, Berlin 1921