José van Dam
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Amours divins !
2016
as Self - Chanteur
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
2011
as Barbe Bleue
Don Quichotte
2010
as Don Quichotte
José van Dam in “Don Quichotte” - His farewell to the stage
2010
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
2008
as Self
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
2007
as Self
Louise - Opera National de Paris
2007
as The father
Prokofiev - L'Amour des trois oranges
2007
as Tchélio
Man of La Mancha
1998
as Don Quixote / Cervantes
Verdi: Don Carlos
1996
as Philippe II
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
1993
as Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
Letter to Peter
1992
as Self - Bass-Baritone
The Damnation of Faust
1989
as Mephistopheles (baritono)
The Music Teacher
1988
as Joachim Dallayrac
Pelléas et Mélisande
1987
as Golaud
Falstaff
1987
as Sir John Falstaff
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self
Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1985
as Don Giovanni
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984
as Self - Bass Baritone
Don Giovanni
1979
as Leporello
Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978
as Ferrando
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
1978
as Self
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977
as Self
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
1977
as Self - Bass
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975
as Self
Otello
1973
as Lodovico
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self