
Known for
Acting
Born
March 28, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Colby, Kansas, USA
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.
Ramey was in the chorus of Don Giovanni in 1963, with Norman...
2015
2014
2009
as Timur
2009
as Rambaldo
2007
as Comte des Grieux
2001
as Zaccaria
2000
as Don Quichotte
1996
as Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto
1996
1995
as Méphistophélès
1993
as Pitkin
1993
as Pagano
1992
as Filippo II
1992
as Nick Shadow
1991
as Attila
1990
as Assur
1990
as Don Giovanni
1989
as Bluebeard
1989
as Mefistofele
1988
as Escamillo
1987
1987
as Don Giovanni
1987
as Banco (voice)
1987
as Banquo
1985
as Bertram