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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

 

 

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