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José van Dam
Acting

José van Dam
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-08-25,Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Gender
Male
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 Garden, and in Paris. At Geneva, Van Dam sang in the première of Milhaud's La mère coupable in 1966. Lorin Maazel heard van Dam and invited him to record Ravel’s L’heure espagnole with him for Deutsche Grammophon. In 1967, Maazel asked him to join the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. Van Dam has performed at L’Opéra de Paris, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Salzburg Festival, and festivals in Aix-en-Provence and Orange, France. Van Dam has become the Master in Residence of the singing section at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in his home country, Belgium, since 2011. Van Dam is also a concert, oratorio, and Lieder singer and has won international awards for his performances on stage and in recordings. Berlin conferred on him the title of Kammersänger in 1974, and the same year he received the German Music Critics’ Prize. Other awards include the Gold Medal of the Belgian Press (1976), Grand Prix de l’Académie française du Disque (1979), Orphée d’Or de l’Académie Lyrique Française (1980), the European Critics’ Prize, (1985), Diapason d’Or and Prix de la Nouvelle Académie du Disque (1993), and the Orphée d’Or de l’Académie du Disque Lyrique (1994). In August 1998, His Majesty King Albert II of Belgium made van Dam a baron, recognizing him as one of the finest classical singers. On 4 December 1999 van Dam was one of the performers at the marriage of Belgium's Crown Prince Philippe and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz. Van Dam is featured as one of the three interviewees in 'Doucement les Basses', with Gabriel Bacquier and Claudio Desderi discussing their approach to roles in the bass-baritone repertoire. Van Dam appears in the films The Music Teacher (1988) as Joachim Dallayrac, and in Don Giovanni (1979) as Leporello, directed by Joseph Losey, and conducted by Maazel. Also featured in that film are Ruggero Raimondi, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Teresa Berganza, Edda Moser, Malcolm King, Kenneth Riegel and John Macurdy. Van Dam also appears as Hans Sachs in the DVD of the 2003 Zürich Opera production of Die Meistersinger conducted by Franz Welser-Möst. ... Source: Article "José van Dam" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

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Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
2007-01-01

6.938

Don Giovanni
1979-11-06

Louise - Opera National de Paris

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Louise - Opera National de Paris
2007-01-01

The Music Teacher

6.9

The Music Teacher
1988-08-01

Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann

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Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann

Verdi: Don Carlos

9.2

Verdi: Don Carlos
1996-03-01

Il Trovatore - Verdi

5.8

Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978-01-01

0

Otello
1973-05-21

Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen

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Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
1992-01-01

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann
1993-05-15

Amours divins !

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Amours divins !
2016-08-26

Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1985-09-30

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

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Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
2008-03-28

Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem

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Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984-01-01

Man of La Mancha

6

Man of La Mancha
1998-04-01

Ariane et Barbe-Bleue

8

Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
2011-07-01

The Damnation of Faust

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The Damnation of Faust
1989-01-01

Pelléas et Mélisande

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Pelléas et Mélisande
1987-12-31

Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

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Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
1978-01-01

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

9

Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977-12-31

L'Amour des trois Oranges - Prokofiev

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L'Amour des trois Oranges - Prokofiev
2007-10-01

0

Don Quichotte
2010-06-15

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975-07-17

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977

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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
1977-12-31

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Le monde est à vous

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Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13