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José van Dam

José van Dam
  • Name: José van Dam
  • Birthday: 1940-08-25
  • Also known as: Joseph Van Damme
  • Place of birth: Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
  • Popularity: 0.762
Biography: oseph, Baron Van Damme (born 25 August 1940 in Brussels), known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone, described as having "a magnificent resonant and expressive voice" and being "an excellent actor". At the age of 17, he entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory and studied with Frederic Anspach. A year later, he graduated with diplomas and first prizes in voice and opera performance. He made his opera début as the music teacher Don Basilio in Gioacchino Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Paris Opera in 1961, and remained in the company until 1965, when he sang his first major role, Escamillo from Bizet's Carmen. He then sang for two seasons at Geneva, La Scala, Covent... Read More

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Title Release date
Amours divins !   as  Self - Chanteur 2016-08-26
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue   as  Barbe Bleue 2011-07-01
Don Quichotte   as  Don Quichotte 2010-06-15
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)   as  Self 2008-03-28
L'Amour des trois Oranges - Prokofiev   as  Tchélio 2007-10-01
Louise - Opera National de Paris   as  The father 2007-01-01
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9   as  Self 2007-01-01
Man of La Mancha   as  Don Quixote / Cervantes 1998-04-01
Verdi: Don Carlos   as  Philippe II 1996-03-01
Les Contes d'Hoffmann   as  Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto 1993-05-15
Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen   as  Self - Bass-Baritone 1992-01-01
The Damnation of Faust   as  Mephistopheles (baritono) 1989-01-01
The Music Teacher   as  Joachim Dallayrac 1988-08-01
Pelléas et Mélisande   as  Golaud 1987-12-31
Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   as  Don Giovanni 1985-09-30
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem   as  Self - Bass Baritone 1984-01-01
Don Giovanni   as  Leporello 1979-11-06
Il Trovatore - Verdi   as  Ferrando 1978-01-01
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem   as  Self 1978-01-01
Beethoven Symphony No. 9   as  Self 1977-12-31
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977   as  Self - Bass 1977-12-31
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8   as  Self 1975-07-17
Otello   as  Lodovico 1973-05-21