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Josef Mann - Tannhauser - Inbrunst im Herzen - Odeon Lxx 80908 & 909 enregistés en juin 1919

Josef Mann (Tenor) (Lviv, Ukraine 1883 – Berlin 1921)
He made his debut in 1909 in Stanislaw Moniuszko’s opera ‘’Jontek’’ at Lviv. In 1910 he appeared at the same opera house in Verdi’s ‘’Aida’’. 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 deepened his music study with Guagni in Milan. From 1912 to 1915 he was engaged at the Vienna Volksoper. In the 1915-16 season he sang at the Royal Court Theatre in Wiesbaden; there he appeared in the premiere of Julius Bittners opera ‘’Das Höllisch Gold’’. From 1916 to 1919 he worked at the Land Theatre at Darmstadt. Guest performances led him to Prague, Bucharest, Dresden, Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Munich, Basel and Vienna. In 1918 he signed contract with Vienna Staatsoper. Here, in 1919, he sang the title role in the Berlin première of Hans Pfitzner’s opera ‘’Palestrina’’. He died onstage at the Berlin State Opera during a performance of ‘’Aida’’ preventing him from fulfilling his Met contract l921. He was actually scheduled to take over many roles for the ailing Enrico Caruso.
Source: http://forgottenoperasingers.blogspot.fr/2011/11/josef-mann-lviv-ukraine-1883-berlin.html