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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

 

 

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