Samuel Ramey : A Conversation with Opera’s Most Devilishly Good Bass
Hailed as history’s most recorded bass, Samuel Ramey is one of the music world’s leading interpreters of the bass and bass-baritone operatic and concert repertoire. His career spans three decades and an astoundingly versatile range, covering practically every musical style, from Handel to Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti; from Mozart to Verdi; from the Russian and French repertoire to Puccini’s Scarpia and Gianni Schicchi. His most performed role is that of Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust, with more than 200 performances to his credit. It is one of the several devil or villain roles that have become one of Mr. Ramey’s calling cards, resulting in his successful concert program: A Date With the Devil.
