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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
31Dio di Giuda! Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 4.02

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nabucco
32Vecchia zimarra, senti Popularity:

Opera: Bohème, LaComposer: PucciniAct: 4.06

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Colline
33Cruda funesta smania Popularity:

Opera: Lucia di LammermoorComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.04

Type: duetVoice: Br TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Normanno
34Ecco il mondo Popularity:

Opera: MefistofeleComposer: BoitoAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mefistofele
35Infelice e tuo credevi Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1.12

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Silva
36Ave Signor Popularity:

Opera: MefistofeleComposer: BoitoAct: 0

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mefistofele
37Aprite un po'quegli occhi Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 4.07

Type: ariaVoice: bass-baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Figaro
38Mi par d'esser con la testa Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.27

Type: Voice: cA/Mz B T BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rosina/Basilio/Count/Figaro
39A un dottor della mia sorte Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.21-1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Bartolo
40Contessa perdono Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 4.15-3

Type: ensemble,septet,finaleVoice: Br S S B-Br Mz S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Rosina/Susanna/Figaro/Cherubino/Marcellina/Bartolo/Basilio
41Ho capito Signor si! Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 1.10

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Masetto
42Il grande inquisitor! Popularity:

Opera: Don CarloComposer: VerdiAct: 3.02-1

Type: recitativeVoice: B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Inquisitor/Philip II
43E gettata la mia sorte Popularity:

Opera: AttilaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ezio
44Come dal ciel precipita Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-2

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Banco
45A te l'estremo addio Popularity:

Opera: Simon BoccanegraComposer: VerdiAct: 0.03

Type: recitativeVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles:
46Pace e gioia sia con voi Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.02

Type: duetVoice: T BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Bartolo
47Lost in the stars Popularity:

Opera: Lost in the StarsComposer: WeillAct: 1.11

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: English

Roles:
48Piano pianissimo Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.02

Type: recitativeVoice: B TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorello/Count
49Donna chi sei? Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 3.02-1

Type: duetVoice: Br SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Nabucco/Abigaille
50Vieni la mia vendetta Popularity:

Opera: Lucrezia BorgiaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alfonso D'Este
51Tom Rakewell? Popularity:

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

Type: recitativeVoice: T Br/BLanguage: English

Roles: Tom Rakewell/Nick Shadow
52Gia la mensa e preparata Popularity:

Opera: Don GiovanniComposer: MozartAct: 2.18

Type: recitativeVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giovanni/Leporello
53Qui posa il fianco Popularity:

Opera: Lombardi Prima CrociataComposer: VerdiAct: 3.06

Type: recitativeVoice: S T BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giselda/Oronte/Pagano (Hermit)
54Se inclinassi a prender moglie Popularity:

Opera: Italiana in Algeri, L'Composer: RossiniAct: 1.07

Type: duetVoice: T BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Lindoro/Mustafà
55Vieni o Levita Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zaccaria
56Gente all armi all armi Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 4.15-1

Type: ensemble,septet,finaleVoice: Br S S B-Br Mz S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Rosina/Susanna/Figaro/Cherubino/Marcellina/Bartolo/Basilio
57Studia il passo Popularity:

Opera: MacbethComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Banco
58Per me giunto e il di supremo Popularity:

Opera: Don CarloComposer: VerdiAct: 3.07

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rodrigue
59Ah! tutti contenti Popularity:

Opera: Nozze di Figaro, LeComposer: MozartAct: 4.15-4

Type: ensemble,septet,finaleVoice: Br S S B-Br Mz S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Rosina/Susanna/Figaro/Cherubino/Marcellina/Bartolo/Basilio
60La del ciel nell'arcano profondo Popularity:

Opera: Cenerentola, LaComposer: RossiniAct: 1.14

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Alidoro
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