José van Dam, an award-winning Belgian bass-baritone opera singer who created the title role in Olivier Messiaen’s “Saint François d’Assise,” has died at age 85, a Belgian conservatory announced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Jose van Dam, center, appears during a rehearsal of Olivier Messiaen's opera "Saint François d'Assise" at the ...

FILE - Jose van Dam, center, appears during a rehearsal of Olivier Messiaen's opera "Saint Franois d'Assise" at the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg, on Aug. 12, 1998 ...

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 ...