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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

 

 

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