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Samuel Ramey

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Samuel Ramey - what members say

Mefistofele - Boito review by from Bromsgrove, England

My favourite opera 22 June 2004
...erdi, unleashes something very special here.This is the ultimate performance by Samuel Ramey, what a vehicle for his deep, rich voice. From the early choral scene with the ...

Verdi - Don Carlo - Pavarotti review by A customer from Sudbury

Upstaged 7 March 2009
...ing of this production utterly engaging. However, I must say that the power of Samuel Ramey's presence as King Philip far out-gunned Pavarotti's performance as Carlos-gre...

Samuel Ramey - filmography

- our price: £15.93
Nabucco - Verdi on DVD (2002)
Starring: Juan Pons, Maria Gulgeghina, Samuel Ramey
Director: James Levine
Certificate:
James Levine's vision of Nabucco at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

Rate this: 63% from 38 members

- our price: £28.93
Semiramide - Rossini on DVD (1991)
Starring: June Anderson, Marilyn Horne, Stanford Olsen
Director: Michael Hampe
Certificate:
The Rossini opera 'Semiramide' which is set in Babylon in 1200 BC. Semiramide, Queen of Babylon, and her lover Assur, reign after murdering the King. However the Queen falls in love with a young man called Arsace, unknowingly her own son. Sung in Italian.

Rate this: 61% from 42 members

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Carmen on DVD (1989)
Starring: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Agnes Baltsa
Certificate:
James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra for this tale of a naive army corporal who forsakes everything for the love of a sultry gypsy who spurns him for another man. Famed tenor Jose Carreras takes on the role of Don Jose, while Agnes Baltsa shines in the title role.

Rate this: 58% from 82 members

Mefistofele - Boito on DVD (1989)
Starring: San Francisco Opera Orch And Chorus, Samuel Ramey, Dennis O'Neill
Director: Robert Carsen
Certificate:
San Francisco Opera's production of Boito's adaptation of Goethe's classic conflict of good versus evil, under the baton of Maurizio Arena. Italian with English subtitles.

Rate this: 62% from 72 members

Giuseppe Verdi - Macbeth (2 discs) on DVD (1987)
Starring: Riccardo Chailly, Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett
Director: Claude d'Anna
Certificate:
A performance of Verdi's opera MACBETH. Filmed at the magnificent medieval castle of crusader Godfrey of Bouillon.

Rate this: 70% from 4 members

Herbert Von Karajan - Mozart - Don Giovanni (1987)
Starring: Herbert Von Karajan, Samuel Ramey, Kathleen Battle
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Featuring Herbert Von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic with a stellar cast of soloists performing Mozart's very famous opera, Don Giovanni.

Rate this: 60% from 25 members
Not currently released

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Claudio Abbado In Rehearsal on DVD (1985)
Starring: Claudio Abbado, La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, La Scala Chorus
Certificate:
In this rehearsal program, Claudio Abbado, internationally acclaimed as one of the finest conductors of the day, is seen working on Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem. Recorded in the Church of San Marco in Milan, the original venue of the world premiere of Requiem, the film shows rehearsals for this ..read more »

Rate this: 54% from 28 members

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Rake's Progress, The - Stravinsky on DVD (1975)
Starring: Leo Goeke, Felicity Lott, Samuel Ramey
Certificate:
A performance Stravinksy's Rake's Progress, inspired by William Hogarth's sequence of anecdotal pictures, which charts the rise and fall of Tom Rakewell after inheriting an unexpected legacy. Performed from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera; conducted by Bernard Haitink.

Rate this: 57% from 21 members

Verdi - Don Carlo - Pavarotti on DVD
Starring: Samuel Ramey, Luciano Pavarotti, Paolo Coni
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Certificate:
This is a highly professional, sometimes outstanding production of one of Verdi's greatest operas.

Rate this: 77% from 4 members

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Verdi - Don Carlo on DVD
Starring: Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Daniella Dessi
Director: Ricardo Muti
Certificate:
A performance of Verdi's opera at the Scala di Milano featuring Pavarotti

Rate this: 62% from 40 members

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Attila - Verdi on DVD
Starring: La Scala Chorus, La Scala Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Certificate:
Verdi's ninth opera which tells the story of the battle between Ezio, a general and the Nordic aggressor Attila. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Rate this: 59% from 46 members

Samuel Ramey facts

5 most recent films

Nabucco - Verdi - 3.0 stars
Semiramide - Rossini - 3.0 stars
Carmen - 3.0 stars
Mefistofele - Boito - 3.0 stars
Giuseppe Verdi - Macbeth - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Mefistofele - Boito - 3.0 stars
Carmen - 3.0 stars
Verdi - Don Carlo - Pavarotti - 4.0 stars
Giuseppe Verdi - Macbeth - 3.5 stars
Semiramide - Rossini - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Claudio Abbado In Rehearsal - 2.5 stars
Rake's Progress, The - Stravinsky - 3.0 stars
Herbert Von Karajan - Mozart - Don Giovanni - 3.0 stars
Attila - Verdi - 3.0 stars
Verdi - Don Carlo - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - 2 times - show films
La Scala Chorus - 2 times - show films
Paolo Coni - 2 times - show films
Luciano Pavarotti - 2 times - show films
Metropolitan Opera Chorus - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 2 times - show films
Claude d'Anna - 1 times - show films
James Levine - 1 times - show films
Ricardo Muti - 1 times - show films
Robert Carsen - 1 times - show films

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