Samuel Ramey
Role Opera Composer
Bluebeard Bluebeard 's Castle Bartók
Dr Pangloss Candide Bernstein
Oroveso Norma Bellini
Sir Giorgio I puritani Bellini
Méphistophélès La damnation de Faust Berlioz
Escamillo Carmen Bizet
Mefistofele Mefistofele Boito
John Claggart Billy Budd Britten
Riccardo III Riccardo III Canepa
La Père Louise Charpentier
Enrico VIII Anna Bolena Donizetti
Raimondo Bidebent Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti
Andrea Cornaro Caterina Cornaro Donizetti
Olin Susannah Floyd
Méphistophélès Faust Gounod
Argante Rinaldo Händel
Garibaldo Rodelinda Händel
Il Re di Scozia Ariodante Händel
Cadmus Somnus Semele Händel
Idreno Armida Haydn
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Samuel Edward 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 with power enough to handle the more overtly dramatic roles in Verdi and Puccini.