# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-van-dam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:21:04.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-van-dam"
name: "José van Dam"
slug: "jose-van-dam"
description: "Joseph, Baron Van Damme, known as José van Dam, was a Belgian bass-baritone, described as having \"a magnificent resonant and expressive voice\" and being \"an excellent actor\". Beginning at the Paris Opera, he made an international career, especially in the French repertoire; Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen was an early signature role that he took to La Scala in Milan and the Royal Opera House in London. He performed the title role of Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise in the 1983 world premiere at the Paris Opera. He performed regularly at the Salzburg Festival and made several recordings with Herbert von Karajan that are regarded as reference recordings. In film, he portrayed Leporello in the 1979 opera film Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey and conducted by Lorin Maazel. He served as master of the singing section at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel from 2004 to 2023."
tagline: "Belgian bass-baritone opera singer (1940–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Van_Dam%2C_Les_Contes_d'Hoffmann-1988.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-08-25"
deathDate: "2026-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.81199333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885937/"
    handle:    "nm0885937"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump