Samuel Ramey
Acting
Born: 1942-03-28 · Colby, Kansas, USA
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 colle
🎬 Movies (26)
Turandot - Wichita Grand Opera
2015
Puccini: Turandot
2009
Timur
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
2009
Rambaldo
Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
2007
Comte des Grieux
Nabucco
2001
Zaccaria
Don Quichotte
2000
Don Quichotte
Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
1996
Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
1996
Self
Faust
1995
Méphistophélès
On the Town
1993
Pitkin
I Lombardi - The Met
1993
Pagano
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
1992
Nick Shadow
Don Carlo
1992
Filippo II
Attila
1991
Attila
Don Giovanni
1990
Don Giovanni
Semiramide
1990
Assur
Mefistofele
1989
Mefistofele
Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)
1989
Bluebeard
Carmen
1988
Escamillo
Macbeth
1987
Banco (voice)
Don Giovanni
1987
Don Giovanni
Verdi Macbeth Chailly
1987
Banquo
Robert le Diable
1985
Bertram
Il viaggio a Reims
1984
Lord Sidney
Amadeus
1984
Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville
1976
Basilio
