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Award-winning singer José van Dam dies at age 85
- On Tuesday, José van Dam, award-winning Belgian bass-baritone, died in Croatia, the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel announced Thursday.
- Born Joseph van Damme, he trained at the Brussels Royal Conservatory and debuted in 1960 as Don Basilio at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie‑Liège.
- Van Dam's recordings earned wide recognition and awards, receiving 10 Grammy Award nominations and winning three times, including a vocal solo honor with Pierre Boulez in 1984 and best opera recording for Strauss.
- His passing removes an influential teacher and performer from students, colleagues, and the opera community, as he founded the voice section at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in 2004 and was a master in residence there.
- His career included lead roles at La Scala, the Royal Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, and van Dam collaborated with conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, appearing in films including Joseph Losey's Don Giovanni and The Music Teacher.
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His voice was discovered by chance and subsequently led him to the greatest international stages. Bass-baritone José van Dam was the greatest opera singer Belgium has ever known. He sang very little in the Netherlands.
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abc NewsAward-winning singer José van Dam dies at age 85
José van Dam, the celebrated Belgian bass-baritone opera singer who created the title role in Messiaen’s “Saint François d’Assise,” has died at 85. Natsumi Krischer of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel says Thursday that van Dam died Tuesday in Croatia.…
He performed in Milan, New York and Vienna, Herbert von Karajan was one of his patrons: at the age of 86, the Belgian opera singer van Dam died.
Herbert von Karajan brought him to the Vienna State Opera: Belgian opera singer José Van Dam died on Tuesday at the age of 86.
From Brussels to Berlin, José Van Dam has marked the history of opera, far beyond the Mint scene.
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