Samuel Ramey

Personal Info

Birthday

March 28, 1942

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Colby, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

صموئيل رامي

Samuel Ramey

Biography

Samuel Ramey (born March 28, 1942) is an American operatic bass. At the height of his career, he was greatly admired for his range and versatility, having possessed a sufficiently accomplished bel canto technique which enabled him to sing the music of Handel, Mozart and Rossini but with enough vocal power to handle the more overtly dramatic roles in Verdi, Puccini, and Meyerbeer operas.

Ramey graduated from Colby High School in Colby, Kansas in 1960. He studied music in high school and in college at Kansas State University, as well as at Wichita State with Arthur Newman. At Kansas State, he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Known For

Great Performances

Over the Garden Wall

Amadeus

Carmen

Nabucco

Don Giovanni

Puccini: Turandot

Mefistofele

Filmography

2009
Puccini: Turandot
as Timur
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
as Rambaldo
2007
Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
as Comte des Grieux
2001
Nabucco
as Zaccaria
2000
Don Quichotte
as Don Quichotte
1996
Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
as Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as Self
1995
Faust
as Méphistophélès
1993
On the Town
as Pitkin
I Lombardi - The Met
as Pagano
1992
Don Carlo
as Filippo II
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
as Nick Shadow
1991
Attila
as Attila
1990
Semiramide
as Assur
Don Giovanni
as Don Giovanni
1989
Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)
as Bluebeard
Mefistofele
as Mefistofele
1988
Carmen
as Escamillo
1987
Macbeth
as Banco (voice)
Verdi Macbeth Chailly
as Banquo
1985
Robert le Diable
as Bertram
1984
Amadeus
as Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Il viaggio a Reims
as Lord Sidney
1976
New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville
as Basilio