Carmen - Amarillo Opera
Oct
5
7:00 PM19:00

Carmen - Amarillo Opera

Colin returns to Amarillo Opera singing his acclaimed Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen. The production will be directed by frequent collaborator, Fenlon Lamb and conducted by Jorge Parodi.

CAST

Carmen - Hilary Ginther

Don Jose - Trey Smagur

Escamillo - Colin Ramsey

Micaela - Cecelia lopez

Morales - Travis Sherwood

Frasquita - Elizabeth Magnor

mercedes - candace carpenter

el remendado - corey trahan

dancairo - alexander winn

zuniga - sean milligan

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Messiah - Pacific Chamber Orchestra
Nov
30
7:30 PM19:30

Messiah - Pacific Chamber Orchestra

  • Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church 49 Knox Drive, Lafayette, CA 94549 (map)
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I’ll be making my Pacific Chamber Orchestra debut singing the Bass solos in Handel’s Messiah. The performance will include some of parts !! and III, notably, Why do the Nations Rage, and The Trumpet Shall Sound.

SOPRANO - Jaime Chamberlin
ALTO - Sara Couden
TENOR - Nathan Granner
BASS - Colin Ramsey

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Le Nozze di Figaro - Opera Santa Barbara
Feb
21
7:30 PM19:30

Le Nozze di Figaro - Opera Santa Barbara

Opera Santa Barbara’s most prolific artist returns to the Lobero stage to perform his first fully staged production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Figaro is a role Colin has sung and studied for many years and is thrilled to be doing his first outing at home in Santa Barbara. He leads the cast with many former and current Christman Studio Artists incuding his wife, Christina Pezzarossi Ramsey. Kostis Protopappas conducts, Sara Widzer directs the production with projections by Yuki Izumihara

CAST

Figaro - Colin Ramsey

Susanna - Sun Woo Park

Il Conte - Matthew Petersen

La Contessa - Jennifer Lindsay

Cherubino - Max Potter

Marcellina - Christina Pezzarossi

Dr. Bartolo - Scott Levin

Don Basilio - Manfred Anaya

Don Curzio - William Grundler

Antonio - Byron Mayes

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Polifemo - Opera NEO
Jul
20
to Jul 21

Polifemo - Opera NEO

  • Park and Market San Diego (map)
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Colin stars as the titular cyclops Polifemo in the US Premiere of Nicola Porpora’s 1735 opera featuring the famous castrati, Senesino and Farinelli.

Cast

Polifemo - Colin Ramsey

Aci - CHuanyuan liu

Ulisse - Keith Wehmeier

Galatea - Ashley Fabian

Calipso - Lauren Randolph

Nerea - Nini Marchese

Conductor - Peter Kozma

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Polifemo - Opera NEO
Jul
19
to Jul 20

Polifemo - Opera NEO

  • Park and Market San Diego (map)
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Colin stars as the titular cyclops Polifemo in the US Premiere of Nicola Porpora’s 1735 opera featuring the famous castrati, Senesino and Farinelli.

Cast

Polifemo - Colin Ramsey

Aci - CHuanyuan liu

Ulisse - Keith Wehmeier

Galatea - Ashley Fabian

Calipso - Lauren Randolph

Nerea - Nini Marchese

Conductor - Peter Kozma

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Die Walkure - Opera Santa Barbara
Apr
23
2:30 PM14:30

Die Walkure - Opera Santa Barbara

Colin will be making his role debut as Hunding in Wagner’s Die Walkure using the Jonathan Dove orchestration.

He continues his participation in Opera Santa Barbara’s Ring that began with Fafner in Das Rheingold. Crystal Manich returns to direct along with Kostis Protopappas conducting.

Wotan - Kyle Albertson

Brunnhilde - Alexandra Lousition

Siegmund - Robert Stahley

Sieglinde - TBA

Hunding - Colin Ramsey

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Tosca - Opera Santa Barbara
Oct
1
6:00 PM18:00

Tosca - Opera Santa Barbara

CAST & CREDITS

DIRECTION

Director:

Layna Chianakas

Conductor:

Kostis Protopapas

Scenic & Projection Design:

Yuki Izumihara

Lighting Design:

Helena Kuukka

Filmmaker:

Zach Mendez

ARTISTS

Floria Tosca:

Eleni Calenos

Mario Cavaradossi:

Adam Diegel

Baron Scarpia:

Wayne Tigges

Angelotti/Sciarrone:

Colin Ramsey

Sacristan:

Ben Lowe

Spoletta:

Matthew Peterson

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Don Giovanni - The FF Collective (Copy)
May
1
5:30 PM17:30

Don Giovanni - The FF Collective (Copy)

Its wonderful to be revisiting Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni again. This will be a concert presentation in Del Mar, CA.

Ted Pickell (Don Giovanni)

Colin Ramsey (Leporello)

Tasha Koontz (Donna Anna)

Sarah Tucker (Donna Elvira)

David Margulis (Don Ottavio)

Brandon Morales (Masetto)

Mindy Ella Chu (Zerlina)

Shelby Condray (Commendatore)

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Don Giovanni - The FF Collective
Apr
30
7:00 PM19:00

Don Giovanni - The FF Collective

Its wonderful to be revisiting Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni again. This will be a concert presentation in Del Mar, CA.

Ted Pickell (Don Giovanni)

Colin Ramsey (Leporello)

Tasha Koontz (Donna Anna)

Sarah Tucker (Donna Elvira)

David Margulis (Don Ottavio)

Brandon Morales (Masetto)

Mindy Ella Chu (Zerlina)

Shelby Condray (Commendatore)

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Semele - Opera Santa Barbara
Jan
16
2:30 PM14:30

Semele - Opera Santa Barbara

2022 begins with one of my favorite Handel operas. Semele is full of some of the most beautiful music Handel ever wrote. The opera is best known for the virtuosic title role, but my favorite pieces all come from supporting characters. Juno has the thrilling ‘Iris, Hence Away’ and Ino some of the most hauntingly beautiful music in the whole show. The dual role of Somnus features a magical descent into the realm of sleep finishing with the languid aria ‘Leave Me, Loathsome Light’. It is a remarkable moment of stillness around an opera full of rapid fire fioratura and melismas.

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Semele - Opera Santa Barbara (Copy)
Jan
14
7:30 PM19:30

Semele - Opera Santa Barbara (Copy)

2022 begins with one of my favorite Handel operas. Semele is full of some of the most beautiful music Handel ever wrote. The opera is best known for the virtuosic title role, but my favorite pieces all come from supporting characters. Juno has the thrilling ‘Iris, Hence Away’ and Ino some of the most hauntingly beautiful music in the whole show. The dual role of Somnus features a magical descent into the realm of sleep finishing with the languid aria ‘Leave Me, Loathsome Light’. It is a remarkable moment of stillness around an opera full of rapid fire fioratura and melismas.

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