José van Dam
Acting
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 a…
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Don Giovanni
1979
Leporello
The Music Teacher
1988
Joachim Dallayrac
Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978
Ferrando
Verdi: Don Carlos
1996
Philippe II
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Self
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
2007
Self
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
2008
Self
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984
Self - Bass Baritone
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
2011
Barbe Bleue
Louise - Opera National de Paris
2007
The father
Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann
Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
Otello
1973
Lodovico
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
1993
Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
Amours divins !
2016
Self - Chanteur
The Damnation of Faust
1989
Mephistopheles (baritono)
Pelléas et Mélisande
1987
Golaud
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
1978
Self
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977
Self
L'Amour des trois Oranges - Prokofiev
2007
Tchélio
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975
Self