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Samuel Ramey

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Voice: Bass
Nationality: American
Year of Birth: 1942

About Samuel Ramey:

Samuel Ramey (born March 28, 1942, Colby, Kansas) 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 to enable him to sing the music of Handel, Mozart, and Rossini, yet power enough to handle the more overtly dramatic roles written by Verdi and Puccini.

Ramey is a 1960 graduate of Colby High School in Colby, Kansas. He studied music in high school and in college at Kansas State University, as well as at Wichita State with Arthur Newman. In college at Kansas State, he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

After further study in Central City (where he was in the chorus of Don Giovanni in 1963, with Norman Treigle in the title role) and as an apprentice with the Santa Fe Opera, he went to New York City where he worked for an academic publisher before he had his first breakthrough at the New York City Opera, debuting on March 11, 1973 singing the role of Zuniga in the 1875 Bizet opera Carmen, after which, among other roles, he took over the Faustian devils in Gounod's Faust and Boito's Mefistofele left empty by the early death of Treigle.

As his repertoire expanded, he spent more and more time in the theatres of Europe, notably in Berlin, Hamburg, London, Paris, Milan, Vienna, and the summer festivals in Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne, Pesaro, and Salzburg.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Tra quest arbori celata Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 1.26

Type: recitativeVoice: S Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zerlina/Giovanni/Masetto
2La ci darem la mano Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 1.12

Type: duetVoice: S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zerlina/Giovanni
3Vieni o Levita Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zaccaria
4Uldino Uldin Popularity:

Opera: AttilaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.03

Type: duetVoice: T BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uldino/Attila
5Veiller sans cesse Popularity:

Opera: Comte OryComposer: RossiniAct: 1.04-1

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: French

Roles: Tutor
6My tale shall be told Popularity:

Opera: Rake's Progress, TheComposer: StravinskyAct: 2.07

Type: duetVoice: T Br/BLanguage: English

Roles: Tom Rakewell/Nick Shadow
7Tom Rakewell? Popularity:

Opera: Rake's Progress, TheComposer: StravinskyAct: 1.04

Type: recitativeVoice: T Br/BLanguage: English

Roles: Tom Rakewell/Nick Shadow
8Master, are you alone? Popularity:

Opera: Rake's Progress, TheComposer: StravinskyAct: 2.04

Type: recitativeVoice: T Br/BLanguage: English

Roles: Tom Rakewell/Nick Shadow
9How dark, how dark and dreadful is this place Popularity:

Opera: Rake's Progress, TheComposer: StravinskyAct: 3.11

Type: duetVoice: T Br/BLanguage: English

Roles: Tom Rakewell/Nick Shadow
10Il Re! Perché sola e la Regina Popularity:

Opera: Don CarloComposer: VerdiAct: 1.11

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Thibault/Philip II
11Or di vulcano al tempio Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.08-2

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: King of Egypt
12Alta cagion v'aduna Popularity:

Opera: AidaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.07

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: King of Egypt
13Il grande inquisitor! Popularity:

Opera: Don CarloComposer: VerdiAct: 3.02-1

Type: recitativeVoice: B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Inquisitor/Philip II
14Viva il grande Kaimakan Popularity:

Opera: Italiana in Algeri, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 2.07

Type: recitative,choirVoice: B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Taddeo/Mustafà
15Vo star con mia nipote Popularity:

Opera: Italiana in Algeri, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 1.22

Type: recitativeVoice: B B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Taddeo/Haly/Mustafà
16Ho un gran peso sulla testa Popularity:

Opera: Italiana in Algeri, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 2.08

Type: aria,choirVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Taddeo
17Vieni cara Susanna Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 2.02

Type: recitativeVoice: S S B-BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Susanna/Rosina/Figaro
18Se a caso madama la notte di chiama Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 1.04

Type: duetVoice: S B-BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Susanna/Figaro
19Or bene ascolta e taci Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 1.05

Type: recitativeVoice: S B-BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Susanna/Figaro
20Cosa stai misurando Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 1.03

Type: recitativeVoice: S B-BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Susanna/Figaro
21Lost in the stars Popularity:

Opera: Lost in the StarsComposer: WeillAct: 1.11

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: English

Roles:
22Il rival salvar tu dei Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.07

Type: duetVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Giorgio
23Suoni la tromba Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.10

Type: duetVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Giorgio
24Se tra il buio un fantasma vedrai Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.08

Type: duetVoice: B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio/Riccardo
25Riccardo Riccardo! Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.09

Type: duetVoice: B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio/Riccardo
26Cinta di fiori e col bel crin disciolto Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.03

Type: aria,choirVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio
27Infelice e tuo credevi Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1.12

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Silva
28L'alto Eroe che dell Assiria Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 1.32

Type: recitativeVoice: S T B cA BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Semiramide/Idreno/Assur/Arsace/Oroe
29Se la vita ancor te cara Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 2.02

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Semiramide/Assur
30Ma implacabile di Nino Popularity:

Opera: SemiramideComposer: RossiniAct: 2.04

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Semiramide/Assur
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