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Samuel Ramey
American singer Samuel Ramey is the most recorded bass in history, with an extensive repertoire and more than 40 operatic roles to his name. This week he talks to Joan
Bakewell about his life and work.
Today he concentrates on his early years in Kansas and the beginning of his operatic career in America.
Including excerpts from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Handel's Messiah. Bizet's Carmen and Rossini's Barber of Seville.
Producer Gwawr Owen

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Samuel Ramey
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Samuel Ramey
Producer:
Gwawr Owen
Source: Radio Times

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