Josip Kašman
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Josip Kašman (Mali Lošinj, July 14, 1847 - Rome, February 11, 1925) was a Croatian opera baritone singer.
Kašman studied law in Padua, while he was taught to sing by Ivan Zajc in Zagreb and near Milan. He began to perform in Zagreb from 1869. He played the lead role in the first long-running Croatian opera (Mislav, written by Zajc himself) starting on October 2, 1870. From 1875 he performed at the theatre in Turin and other Italian and European cities.
Kašman later deserted the Austrian army because of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and because of this was not able to return to Croatia until an amnesty in 1909. That year he performed in Zagreb. He was one of the most succesful singers of his time. Kašman was known as the "Baritone King".
