First he received an education as a teacher at the
university of Copenhagen. In1911 he studied singing in
Berlin. He
made his debut in 1912 at the Kurfürsten-Oper in
Berlin. In the 1914-1918 seasons Jonsson
appeared at the Municipal Theatre in
Kiel, then from
1918 to 1922 at the Landestheater in
Darmstadt.
In
Darmstadt he
sang in the premieres of the operas "Sonnenflammen" by Siegfried
Wagner (1918) and ''Scirocco'' of Eugene d'Albert (1922). In the 1922-1924
seasons he was a member of the Deutschen Oper in
Berlin,
from 1924 to 1929 he performed at the Municipal Theatre in
Bremen. Till 1931 he still lived guesting in
Berlin, then
returned, however, in his Icelandic native country, where he was primarily
still active in the educational field. He made guest appearances with success
in
Holland,
Poland
and
Switzerland.
His repertoire included Florestan in ''Fidelio'', Siegmund in
"Walküre", Walther von Stolzing in "Meistersingern",
Tristan, Tannhäuser and Parsifal, Nureddin in "Barbier von Bagdad" by
Cornelius, Emperor in "Frau ohne Schatten" by Richard Strauss,
Francesco in "Don Juans letztes Abenteuer" of Paul Graener, Admet in
''Alkestis'' of E. Wellesz, Samson in ''Samson et Dalila'' by Saint-Saëns, José
in ''Carmen'', Duke in ''Rigoletto'', Riccardo in Verdi's ''Ballo in
maschera'', Alvaro in ''La forza del destino'', Ernani of Verdi, Canio in
''Pagliacci'' and Cavaradossi in ''Tosca''.
Tannhäuser (Wagner): Stets soll nur dir mein Lied ertönen 1. Akt P 1343-I 5779
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Quintett with Heckmann-Bettendorf, Engel and Werner P 1504-II 6355
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