Colin will be joining the Santa Barbara Choral Society for performances of Handel’s Messiah. The performance will feature certain movements sung in a new Spanish language translation.
Soloists:
Christina Bristow, Soprano
Christina Pezzarossi, Mezzo Soprano
JJ Lopez, Tenor
Colin Ramsey, Bass
Colin will be joining the Santa Barbara Choral Society for performances of Handel’s Messiah. The performance will feature certain movements sung in a new Spanish language translation.
Soloists:
Christina Bristow, Soprano
Christina Pezzarossi, Mezzo Soprano
JJ Lopez, Tenor
Colin Ramsey, Bass
I’m so thrilled to be joining the Verdi Chorus again and this time with my wife! The program will feature music by Bellini and Verdi including the Act II Finale from La Forza del Destino and the great duet, Suoni la Tromba from I Puritani.
My fellow soloists include my wife Christina, Roberto Perlas Gomez, and the fabulous Jaime Chamberlin. Many thanks to Anne Marie and I can’t wait to sing with my Verdi Chorus friends again!
I’m so thrilled to be joining the Verdi Chorus again and this time with my wife! The program will feature music by Bellini and Verdi including the Act II Finale from La Forza del Destino and the great duet, Suoni la Tromba from I Puritani.
My fellow soloists include my wife Christina, Roberto Perlas Gomez, and the fabulous Jaime Chamberlin. Many thanks to Anne Marie and I can’t wait to sing with my Verdi Chorus friends again!
Early 20th Century composer Darius Milhaud expresses French exoticism through jazz-inspired harmonies and rhythms that portray an African creation myth in the ballet suite La Creation du Monde. Russian composer Igor Stravinsky explores the harmonies and driving dance rhythms of early American jazz music in Ragtime. And finally, Maestro Nowak and the Philharmonic Orchestra are joined by the Allan Hancock College Singers for a performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem, the legendary unfinished threnody penned the same year of the composer’s death.
There will be a pre-concert lecture that will enhance your enjoyment and understanding of the music. This Pre-Concert Lecture is FREE and open to all concert goers. The lecture will be held just before the concert, beginning at 6:50PM and ending at 7:10PM.
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Darius Milhaud: La Creation du Monde
Igor Stravinsky: Ragtime
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Colin makes Santa Barbara Symphony debut as Bass Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem.
Colin makes Santa Barbara Symphony debut as Bass Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem.
Colin is thrilled to be making his Canadian debut in Montreal as Timur in Turandot with the Orchestre Philharmonique des Melomanes.
CAST:
Giacomo Puccini, Turandot (version concert) ---
Chef d'orchestre: Francis Choinière
Aviva Fortunata (Princesse Turandot) Andrew Haji (Calaf) Colin Ramsey (Timur) John Mac Master (L'empereur Altoum) Sydney Baedke (Liù) Mikelis Rogers (Ping) Sam Champagne (Pang) Spencer Britten (Pong)
Colin is thrilled to be making his Canadian debut in Montreal as Timur in Turandot with the Orchestre Philharmonique des Melomanes.
CAST:
Giacomo Puccini, Turandot (version concert) ---
Chef d'orchestre: Francis Choinière
Aviva Fortunata (Princesse Turandot) Andrew Haji (Calaf) Colin Ramsey (Timur) John Mac Master (L'empereur Altoum) Sydney Baedke (Liù) Mikelis Rogers (Ping) Sam Champagne (Pang) Spencer Britten (Pong)
Colin is thrilled to be making his Canadian debut in Montreal as Timur in Turandot with the Orchestre Philharmonique des Melomanes.
CAST:
Giacomo Puccini, Turandot (version concert) ---
Chef d'orchestre: Francis Choinière
Aviva Fortunata (Princesse Turandot) Andrew Haji (Calaf) Colin Ramsey (Timur) John Mac Master (L'empereur Altoum) Sydney Baedke (Liù) Mikelis Rogers (Ping) Sam Champagne (Pang) Spencer Britten (Pong)
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
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
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
Figaro - Colin Ramsey
Susanna - SunWoo 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
I’ll be making my Pacific Chamber Orchestra debut singing the Bass solos in Handel’s Messiah. The performance will include some of parts II and III, notably, Why do the Nations Rage, and The Trumpet Shall Sound.
SOPRANO - Jaime Chamberlin
ALTO - Kindra Scharich
TENOR - Nathan Granner
BASS - Colin Ramsey
I’ll be making my Pacific Chamber Orchestra debut singing the Bass solos in Handel’s Messiah. The performance will include some of parts II and III, notably, Why do the Nations Rage, and The Trumpet Shall Sound.
SOPRANO - Jaime Chamberlin
ALTO - Kindra Scharich
TENOR - Nathan Granner
BASS - Colin Ramsey
I will be presenting a recital at UC Santa Barbara along with pianist, Dr. John Ballerino featuring the music of Henri Duparc and Hugo Wolf including Wolf’s final song cycle to poetry of Michelangelo Buonarotti.
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.
Colin stars as the titular cyclops Polifemo in the US Premiere of Nicola Porpora’s 1735 opera featuring the famous castrati, Senesino and Farinelli.
Colin stars as the titular cyclops Polifemo in the US Premiere of Nicola Porpora’s 1735 opera featuring the famous castrati, Senesino and Farinelli.
I’ll be returning to Amarillo, TX to sing the Bass solo in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony for the first time. I’m truly excited to be working with Maestro George Jackson again, and to be on the stage of the Globe News Center for the Performing Arts.
I’ll be returning to Amarillo, TX to sing the Bass solo in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony for the first time. I’m truly excited to be working with Maestro George Jackson again, and to be on the stage of the Globe News Center for the Performing Arts.
In my second performance of the year with Opera Santa Barbara, I’ll be singing the Ogre in Xavier Montsalvage’s El Gato con Botas.
In my second performance of the year with Opera Santa Barbara, I’ll be singing the Ogre in Xavier Montsalvage’s El Gato con Botas.
In my second performance of the year with Opera Santa Barbara, I’ll be singing the Ogre in Xavier Montsalvage’s El Gato con Botas.
Colin will be presenting at full length recital with pianist, John Ballerino. The repertoire includes Butterworth’s Six Songs from a Shropshire Lad, Guy Ropartz’s Quatre Poèmes apres l’Intermezzo, and songs by Brahms and Schubert.
Colin is thrilled to be opening Opera Santa Barbara’s season taking up the mantle of Bizet’s toreador, Escamillo.
Colin is thrilled to be opening Opera Santa Barbara’s season taking up the mantle of Bizet’s toreador, Escamillo.
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
Colin returns to San Diego Opera following his acclaimed performance as Capulet in Romeo et Juliette. This time making another role debut as Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi.
Colin returns to San Diego Opera following his acclaimed performance as Capulet in Romeo et Juliette. This time making another role debut as Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi.
Colin returns to San Diego Opera following his acclaimed performance as Capulet in Romeo et Juliette. This time making another role debut as Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi.
Colin returns to San Diego Opera following his acclaimed performance as Capulet in Romeo et Juliette. This time making another role debut as Betto di Signa in Gianni Schicchi.
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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)
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)
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.
