Samuel Ramey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Samuel Edward 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 to enable him to sing the music of Handel, Mozart and Rossini, yet with power enough to handle the more overtly dramatic roles in Verdi and Puccini.
Amadeus
as Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards...
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Verdi Macbeth Chailly
as BanquoClaude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness...
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Don Quichotte
as Don QuichotteDon Quichotte (Don Quixote) is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by...
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Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as SelfThis tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here...
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Puccini: Turandot
as TimurFranco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a...
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Don Carlo
as Filippo IIThis opera was filmed live at La Scala in 1992. The all-star cast includes Luciano Pavarotti,...
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Semiramide
as AssurIn ancient Babylon, SEMIRAMIDE (Anderson) encourages her lover Assur (Ramey) to murder her...
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On the Town
as PitkinA concert performance of Leonard Bernstein's "On the Town" performed at the Barbican Centre in...
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Carmen
as EscamilloThis all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James...
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Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
as Comte des GrieuxNatalie Dessay and Rolando Villazón bring Jules Massenet's classic opera to the stage in this...
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Il viaggio a Reims
as Lord SidneyThe historic 1984 revival performance of Il viaggio a Reims was the first time in over 150 years...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
as RambaldoThis elegant romance is the least-known work of the mature Giacomo Puccini . The story concerns...
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Faust
as Méphistophélès1995 recorded performance of Charles Gounod's Faust at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, with...
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Don Giovanni
as Don GiovanniLive performance from Salzburger Festspiele in 1987. Herbert von Karajan conducting the Wiener...
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Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
as Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/DapertuttoJacques Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffman) shown in the Teatro alla...
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Turandot - Wichita Grand Opera
as uncreditedWichita Grand Opera opens a new production of Puccini’s masterpiece Turandot on Friday, August...
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Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)
as BluebeardBela Bartok's and Arnold Schoenberg's haunting excursions into the nightmare of the unconscious.
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Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
as Nick ShadowThe Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor...
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Macbeth
as Banco (voice)This production of Giuseppi Verdi's opera based on Macbeth, the famed play by William...
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Mefistofele
as Mefistofele1989 recording of the San Francisco Opera production of Mefistofele: Boito's retelling of...
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I Lombardi - The Met
as PaganoJames Levine’s love for this seldom-heard score infuses every measure of Verdi’s music....
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New York City Opera: The Barber of Seville
as BasilioPerformed at the Lincoln Center. Conducted by Sarah Caldwell. The staging and costuming...
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Great Performances
as MefistofeleThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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Over the Garden Wall
as The Beast (voice)Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in...
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