
José van Dam
Acting
Born: 1940-08-25 · Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
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
🎬 Movies (25)

Amours divins !
2016
Self - Chanteur

Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
2011
Barbe Bleue

Don Quichotte
2010
Don Quichotte

José van Dam in “Don Quichotte” - His farewell to the stage
2010

Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
2008
Self

Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
2007
Self

Louise - Opera National de Paris
2007
The father

Prokofiev - L'Amour des trois oranges
2007
Tchélio
Man of La Mancha
1998
Don Quixote / Cervantes

Verdi: Don Carlos
1996
Philippe II

Les Contes d'Hoffmann
1993
Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto

Letter to Peter
1992
Self - Bass-Baritone

The Damnation of Faust
1989
Mephistopheles (baritono)

The Music Teacher
1988
Joachim Dallayrac

Pelléas et Mélisande
1987
Golaud

Falstaff
1987
Sir John Falstaff
Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1985
Don Giovanni

Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984
Self - Bass Baritone

Don Giovanni
1979
Leporello

Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978
Ferrando

Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
1978
Self

Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977
Self

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
1977
Self - Bass

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975
Self

Otello
1973
Lodovico

