美国歌剧演员塞缪尔爱德华雷美生于1942年三月二十八日在科尔比(堪萨斯州),被认为是最优秀的男低音歌手。有两个技术美声唱法演唱韩德尔、莫扎特、罗西尼非常钦佩他。塞缪尔雷美是1960年毕业的科尔比高中科尔比,堪萨斯州。他的音乐研究在高中和大学的美国堪萨斯州立大学,在大学堪萨斯州立,雷美是一个成员卡伯西格玛博爱,经过进一步的研究,中心城市和当学徒的圣塔菲歌剧院。他前往纽约,他第一次突破性在纽约市歌剧团,在那里,除其他角色,他接管了浮士德在魔鬼古诺的浮士德和博伊托的Mefistofele空的死亡诺曼Treigle 。为了使他的曲目扩大,他花更多的时间在欧洲战区,尤其是在柏林,汉堡,伦敦,巴黎,维也纳,以及夏季音乐节在普罗旺斯地区艾克斯,歌剧,佩萨罗和萨尔茨堡,取得成功。

Samuel Edward Ramey (born March 28, 1942 in Colby, Kansas) is an American operatic bass with a long, distinguished career. During his best years, he was greatly admired for his range and versatility, having possessed a sufficiently accomplished bel canto technique to enable him to sing the music of Handel, Mozart, Rossini, yet power enough to handle the more overtly dramatic roles written by Verdi and Puccini.

He married his third wife, soprano Lindsey Larsen, on June 29, 2002.