Samuel Ramey

Samuel Edward Ramey (born March 28, 1940 , according to other sources 1942, in Colby , Kansas ) is an American opera singer ( bass ).

Life

Ramey was educated at Wichita State University and privately, and made his debut at New York City Opera in 1972 as Zuniga in Carmen .

Among other things, he is considered a stage devil par excellence (Mephistopheles in La damnation de Faust , Faust and Mefistofele ; Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress , the four evil spirits in Les Contes d'Hoffmann ). He also sang Figaro ( Le nozze di Figaro ), the title role of Don Giovanni , Escamillo in Carmen and Pimen in Boris Godunow . Samuel Ramey's voice is a sonorous basso cantante that is able to present ornate arias (music by Handel, Rossini etc.).

Samuel Ramey has been married to the soprano Lindsey Larsen since June 29, 2002. They have one son.

Discography (selection)

Complete opera recordings

composer	plant	role	year	conductor	Label
Donizetti	Lucia di Lammermoor	Raimondo	1976	Lopez-Cobos	Philips
Puccini	Tosca	Angelotti	1976	Davis	Philips
Verdi	I due Foscari	Loredano	1976	Gardelli	Philips
Handel	Ariodante	King of Scotland	1978	Leppard	Philips
Haydn	Armida	Idreno	1978	Dorati	Philips
Rossini	Otello	Elmiro	1978	Lopez-Cobos	Philips
Verdi	Rigoletto	Sparafucile, Monterone	1978	pack	EMI
Rossini	L'italiana in Algeri	Mustafà	1980	Scimone	Erato
Mozart	Le nozze di Figaro	Figaro	1981	Solti	Decca
Rossini	Il turco in Italia	Selim	1981	Chailly	CBS
Rossini	Il viaggio a Reims	Lord Sidney	1981	Chailly	CBS
Rossini	Il barbiere di Siviglia	Basilio	1982	Chailly	CBS
Verdi	I masnadieri	Massimiliano	1982	Bonynge	Decca
Rossini	La donna del lago	Douglas	1983	Pollini	CBS
Rossini	Maometto II	Maometto	1983	Scimone	Philips
Bellini	Norma	Oroveso	1984	Bonynge	Decca
Stravinsky	The Rake's Progress	Nick Shadow	1984	Chailly	Decca
Handel	Rodelinda	Garibaldo	1985	Bonynge	Decca
Mozart	Don Giovanni	Don Giovanni	1985	Karajan	Deutsche Grammophon
Verdi	Macbeth	Banquo	1986	Chailly	Decca
Donizetti	Anna Bolena	Enrico VIII	1987	Bonynge	Decca
Ponchielli	La Gioconda	Alvise	1987	Patane	CBS
Boito	Mefistofele	Mefistofele	1988	Patane	Sony
Mozart	The Magic Flute	Sarastro	1989	Marriner	Philips
Offenbach	Les Contes d'Hoffmann	Four villains	1989	Tate	Philips
Rossini	La gazza ladra	Il podestà	1989	Gelmetti	Sony
Verdi	Attila	Attila	1989	Muti	EMI
Donizetti	Lucia di Lammermoor	Raimondo	1990	Marin	Deutsche Grammophon
Handel	Semele	Cadmus, Somnus	1990	Nelson	Deutsche Grammophon
Mozart	Don Giovanni	Leporello	1990	Muti	EMI
Puccini	Tosca	Scarpia	1990	Sinopoli	Deutsche Grammophon
Verdi	Aida	Ramfis	1990	Levine	Sony
Massenet	Cherubin	Le philosopher	1991	Steinberg	RCA
Rossini	Il signor Bruschino	Gaudenzio	1991	Marin	Deutsche Grammophon
Saint-Saens	Samson et Dalila	Old Hebrew	1991	Chung	EMI
Rossini	Il barbiere di Siviglia	Basilio	1992	Gelmetti	EMI
Rossini	Il barbiere di Siviglia	Basilio	1992	Lopez-Cobos	Teldec
Rossini	Semiramide	Assyria	1992	Marin	Deutsche Grammophon
Rossini	Il viaggio a Reims	Lord Sidney	1992	Abbado	Deutsche Grammophon
Verdi	Don Carlo	Filippo II	1992	Muti	EMI
Verdi	Don Carlo	Il grande inquisitore	1992	Levine	Sony
Gounod	fist	Méphistophélès	1993	Rizzi	Teldec
Mussorgsky	Boris Godunov	Pimen	1993	Abbado	Sony
Thomas	Hamlet	Claudius	1993	De Almeida	EMI
Verdi	Rigoletto	Sparafucile	1993	Rizzi	Teldec
Bizet	Carmen	Escamillo	1995	Sinopoli	Teldec
Boito	Mefistofele	Mefistofele	1995	Muti	RCA
Puccini	La bohème	Colline	1995	Pappano	EMI
Ostrich	Elektra	Orestes	1995	Sinopoli	Deutsche Grammophon
Stravinsky	The Rake's Progress	Nick Shadow	1995	Nagano	Erato
Verdi	I Lombardi	Pagano	1996	Levine	Decca
Verdi	Oberto	Oberto	1996	Marriner	Philips

literature

• Horst Seeger : Opernlexikon 4th edition. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin (GDR) 1989, p. 538

Web links

• Page at Wichita State University
• Samuel Ramey in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New York Times , June 30, 2002, online , accessed October 3, 2009