Samuel Edward Ramey, born March 28, 1942, in Colby, Kansas, United States, is an
American operatic bass and voice actor. Ramey studied music at Kansas State
University and Wichita State University under Arthur Newman. Ramey performed in
the chorus of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni in 1963 before making his
professional debut with the New York City Opera on March 11, 1973, as Zuniga in
Georges Bizet's Carmen. Ramey made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1984 in
George Frideric Handel's Rinaldo and performed at major opera houses including
La Scala, the Royal Opera House, the...