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.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Maas, Joseph". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 188.
