Personal Info
Joseph Van Damme
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 at the Paris Opera in 1961, and remained in the company until 1965, when he sang his first major role…
Filmography
Movies
Amours divins !
as Self - Chanteur
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
as Barbe Bleue
Don Quichotte
as Don Quichotte
José van Dam in “Don Quichotte” - His farewell to the stage
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
as Self
Louise - Opera National de Paris
as The father
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
as Self
L'Amour des trois Oranges - Prokofiev
as Tchélio
Man of La Mancha
as Don Quixote / Cervantes
Verdi: Don Carlos
as Philippe II
