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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