Personal Info
Known Credits
24
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1940-08-25 (85 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Also Known For
Joseph Van Damme
José van Dam
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2016 --
Amours divins !
| Self - Chanteur
2011 --
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
| Barbe Bleue
2010 --
Don Quichotte
| Don Quichotte
2008 --
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
| Self
2007 --
L'Amour des trois Oranges - Prokofiev
| Tchélio
2007 --
Louise - Opera National de Paris
| The father
2007 --
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
| Self
1998 --
Man of La Mancha
| Don Quixote / Cervantes
1996 --
Verdi: Don Carlos
| Philippe II
1993 --
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
| Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
1992 --
Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
| Self - Bass-Baritone
1989 --
The Damnation of Faust
| Mephistopheles (baritono)
1988 --
The Music Teacher
| Joachim Dallayrac
1987 --
Pelléas et Mélisande
| Golaud
1985 --
Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
| Don Giovanni
1984 --
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
| Self - Bass Baritone
1979 --
Don Giovanni
| Leporello
1978 --
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
| Self
1978 --
Il Trovatore - Verdi
| Ferrando
1977 --
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
| Self - Bass
1977 --
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
| Self
1975 --
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
| Self
1973 --
Otello
| Lodovico