One of the most esteemed singers of his era, he had a wide repertoire that included Mozart, Wagner and the title role in Messiaen’s epic “St. François d’Assise.” By Jonathan Kandell José van Dam, the ...

Van Dam is remembered for his singing roles in a film version of Mozart's Don Giovanni in 1979 and as an opera professor in The Music Teacher in 1988 (Getty Images) Famed opera singer Jose van Dam, ...

José van Dam, a Belgian opera star whose suave, silken voice, persuasive acting and steady work ethic made him one of the most esteemed bass-baritone singers of his era, died Tuesday. He was 85. The ...

“Monster’s Paradise,” by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, attempts an operatic response to current events and politics. Is that possible? By Joshua Barone Reporting from Hamburg, Germany The most ...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Opera has officially broken ground on its new $64 million campus at the historic Bobby Jones Golf Course clubhouse. The project will preserve the 1941 clubhouse and transform it ...

BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Belgian baritone opera singer Jose van Dam, who sang with New York's Metropolitan Opera and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, died at 85, the Queen Elisabeth Music ...

The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was seriously wounded in the school shooting which rocked Canada last week has given a harrowing update on her condition. Maya Gebala was one of nine people shot ...

This national park, located in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore islands and encompasses the natural reserve of Krakatoa ...

(Corrects in paragraph 5: Von Karajan was a conductor at Berlin State Opera during nazi-Germany, not at Berlin Philharmonic) BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Belgian baritone opera singer Jose van Dam, ...

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