If he was fond of a singer, Karajan was capable of great loyalty and fidelity. This was obviously the case with the Belgian bass-baritone José van Dam, now 83 years old. He is the artist Karajan cast most often. Between 1970 and 1988, they performed 157 concerts and operas and made 28 studio recordings.
Van Dam testifies that it was possible to turn down parts in Karajan’s productions and still be engaged by him.
Their collaboration includes a great variety of roles, such as the Flying Dutchman, Escamillo, Amfortas, Golaud, Jochanaan, Figaro, Sarastro and Rocco. Van Dam also appeared in almost the entire repertoire of great sacred works that Karajan conducted – Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms and Verdi. Up to last year, van Dam was still making studio recordings.
Note - Picture is of Thomas Stewart’s Wotan with Karajan and not of José van Dam's Flying Dutchman as we thought. Well, at least it's Wagner in both cases.
We’ve prepared playlists with Karajan and José van Dam.
Listen to it via the link below! https://musics.to/50831tfgJK
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