Samuel Ramey
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Turandot - Wichita Grand Opera
2015
Over the Garden Wall
2014
as The Beast (voice)
Puccini: Turandot
2009
as Timur
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
2009
as Rambaldo
Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
2007
as Comte des Grieux
Nabucco
2001
as Zaccaria
Don Quichotte
2000
as Don Quichotte
Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
1996
as Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
1996
as Self
Faust
1995
as Méphistophélès
On the Town
1993
as Pitkin
I Lombardi - The Met
1993
as Pagano
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
1992
as Nick Shadow
Don Carlo
1992
as Filippo II
Attila
1991
as Attila
Don Giovanni
1990
as Don Giovanni
Semiramide
1990
as Assur
Mefistofele
1989
as Mefistofele
Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)
1989
as Bluebeard
Carmen
1988
as Escamillo
Macbeth
1987
as Banco (voice)
Don Giovanni
1987
as Don Giovanni
Verdi Macbeth Chailly
1987
as Banquo
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self
Robert le Diable
1985
as Bertram
Il viaggio a Reims
1984
as Lord Sidney
Amadeus
1984
as Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville
1976
as Basilio
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Mefistofele