Samuel Ramey : "Vous, qui faites l'endormie" (Faust)

[@weavrmom]

Samuel Ramey has the voice of a God! Thanks for posting this; it is so easy to enjoy wonderful art like this which used to be difficult to find.

[@MrPipposiculo]

Samuel Ramey è stato il più grande basso cantante degli ultimi decenni, il mister Callas !!

[@outsized3130]

The best laugh i ever heard in this aria!! *Thumbs up*

[@Sedraen]

Best. Evil laugh. Ever.

[@juanmlleras]

Great singer and superb in his performances. A great opera star!

[@BoboTheBarbarian]

It would be very prudent, polite, and proper of you to also include the name of his pianist, since she's also performing here. She's doing an amazing job, too...

[@goofyguy1987]

The most important truth about expanding your range is that it takes time. Also, you must always remember to be relaxed when doing vocal exercises. Tightening is much easier to do then relaxing.

[@sachiraa]

wow, do your hear the sound bounces back on the high G when he laughs? a biiig voice in other words

[@girlzrmine]

Saw him play this in San Fransisco. He blew my mind. What a performer!

[@oldcodyjr]

I've met him and talked to him... after the Houston Grand Opera production of Mefistofele. I hope I didn't drool.

[@dorsy2]

He's a bass baritone. I have his "Don Giovanni" with Kathleen Battle playing Zerlina. The Là ci darem la mano is more than beautiful ... it's magnificent.

[@ElisabettaVS]

What a voice! O.O I have never heard a normal speaking voice that deep!

[@alocksley]

NYTimes 5 Nov 1999: Six feet tall, trim and square-shouldered, Mr. Ramey is an easygoing, plain-spoken Midwesterner through and through

[@goofyguy1987]

I think samuel ramey is a bass with a good range. He sings so low to be classified as a baritone. He literally speaks low c's and b's and I'm sure he can sing them as well. I paid close attention to that when he came to my university (the university he graduated from) and had a question and answer conference.

[@SOPRATENOR]

FANTASTIQUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@goofyguy1987]

After Samuel Ramey graduated, he mentioned that he went through a couple vocal coaches before he found the one he liked. He still gets "tune-ups", as he jokingly stated just as an old car does. Haha.

[@Opinion3623]

adoro esta voz

[@secondhanddaylight]

quel bel organe , un beau gothik dans la fleur de l'âge

[@Baelmyrrdn]

Yes he is...and to think, I'm going to get to be in an Opera with him at the end of this month. I'm still pinching myself....

[@jhvorotin]

VERY convincing devil. Good pronunciation too. He does not speak French well though but that's ok. He has a bass timbre so that's good for the role. High G resonates so much lol. And it is a liberated sound, not a squeezed sound, like Terfel's

[@MUEZZAB]

Let's thank M. Jacques Martin for that ! the only one to dare mixing classical music, opera, and modern music...

[@raigekimaru]

Sam Ramey is my hero

[@pabloiet]

fabuloso!!!

[@goofyguy1987]

Well, I asked him basically the same thing and he said he has always had a good top. My instructor always reminds me, however, that a bass should be able to sing a solid Ab given time. I'm only 20 and I'm working towards my F, but when I started my top was Db just above middle C. My low is C.

[@operazioneopera]

Sublime!!!

[@joanabanyeres]

Oh j'ai toute la producion mais copié un video DVd impossible to find. this Faust is insuperable. Samul you are great....

[@raigekimaru]

@Babs22h some voices have outstanding range, although it is certainly more common in female voices, especially sopranos (many have over 3 octaves). in basses tho, this is extremely rare. most basses can vocalize high G in a warm up, extremely few can perform it. basses are rare and true basso cantantes are even rarer. operas like atilla, nabucco and maometto were brought back solely for ramey because of his talent

[@Marlene55M]

OMG, in profile the pianist looks like Angela Merkel :) Great performance!

[@jorgezenteno7609]

ojojoojoojo grande ramey grande

[@cernacerna]

@adamskyb : yep, he's actually a bass bariton, it happen to me as well, depends on what I'm singing :P

[@raigekimaru]

Lovin' the evil laugh!!

[@aguacun]

Re-cool!

[@2javivi1]

Es posible que Samuel Ramey entube la voz???

[@Sedraen]

Also, at 4:16 is the most humorous grin.

[@adamskyb]

is it just me or does he sometimes sound more bassy...like here....and sometimes he sounds more like a baritone...

[@2javivi1]

Someone could tell me what is the height of Samuel Ramey? Thanks.

[@Selkaen]

Oh my God, you're so lucky!

[@86rish]

Gives me fucking chills

[@Falstaff85]

@odontotazio e veramente angela merkel?

[@Salsademika]

Yes, it was a beautifull G

[@adamskyb]

But he's a high bass like it has been said here, yet he can sing a C below low C, like in Boito's mefistofele!! Is it possible for any high bass to get that note?

[@sweet96635]

Il chante bien.

[@kady7206]

Anyone know the name of a bass-baritone who played a long-haired Mephistopheles?

[@MusicMan1519]

yeah that high G was ROUGH. But it's definitely difficult...

[@BaritoneDeLaTorre]

he's bass or bass-baritone?

[@tenorislife]

Very amazing voice. I only wish it was a hair, and I mean only a hair, brighter. A little to "yawn-like" for my taste.

[@josephcold]

the system is under a lot of pressure.

[@magicmonkichi]

@candidnt I thought it was only me~ He is definatly yummy ^_^

[@RoySpinoza]

@2javivi1 no

[@radsvid]

And Venezuela has what to do with anything?

[@radsvid]

Ramey has a great voice, but this was a butcher job. In the beginning I didn't like that little mannerism he was throwing in in the beginning of each phrase because it affected the quality of the sound. But later, it got even worse. The middle part was like laying bricks: identical, square phrases, no legatto, limited phrasing, nuance, subtlety. I would recommend a Ghiaurov instead ;)