Tag Archives: Samuel Ramey
Samuel Ramey
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 8th August 2026Samuel Ramey occupies a special place among American opera singers. While he’s appeared in several posts on this site, I have not yet devoted an entire article to his exceptional career. At a time when international operatic stardom was still largely associated with tenors and sopranos, he became one of the rare basses whose name…
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The Photographs of Robert Cahen – Samuel Ramey
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 28th March 2012Today is the 70th birthday of the great American bass Samuel Ramey. To mark the anniversary here are 7 photographs of the singer taken by Robert Cahen. A bonus – Assur’s mad scene from the second act of Rossini’s Semiramide. This is from the performance of the opera at the Met on Dec 29, 1990. Ramey Semiramide Deh ti ferma…Que…
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