About Joseph Maas
Lived 1847 – 1886 (aged 38). Joseph Maas was a British opera singer.
Joseph Maas (30 January 1847 in Dartford, England – 16 January 1886 in London) was an English tenor singer.
He became a chorister in Rochester Cathedral. At first studying under J. C. Hopkins and Madame Bodda-Pyne, he went to study in Milan in 1869. In February 1871 he made his first success by taking Sims Reeves's place at a concert in London. In 1878 he became principal tenor in the Carl Rosa Opera Company, his beautiful voice and finished style more than compensating for his poor acting.
Maas died from rheumatic gout on 16 January 1886.
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British singer (1847–1886)
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Joseph Maas was born on 30 January 1847 in Dartford.
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Joseph Maas died on 16 January 1886 in London.
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Joseph Maas was an opera singer.
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