Eliam Ramos

Portrait photograph of bass-baritone Eliam Ramos leaning against a wall.
Photo by Reji

Puerto Rican bass-baritone Eliam Ramos graduated from the Conservatory of Music of his country. In his 2011 professional operatic debut he interpreted the role of Il Commendatore in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Teatro de la Ópera de Puerto Rico. Appearances in his home country include Balthazar (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Fauré’s Requiem, a Gala of Zarzuela with the Puerto Rico Symphonic Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem with the Puerto Rico Philharmonic Orchestra, Luis Nogales in the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda, Don Pedro in the zarzuela El Barberillo de Lavapies, a pirate in the operetta Cofresí by Rafael Hernández, to name but a few. A member of the Opera Workshop of the Conservatory in Puerto Rico, he performed the role of The Superintendent in the opera Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten, Der Tod in Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Victor Ullman and the Priest in Die Zauberflöte by W.A. Mozart.

In 2013 he made his way to New York City, and with the Brooklyn College Opera Workshop, performed the role of Lord Sidney in Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims, Sparafucille and Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Ben in The Telephone by Gian-Carlo Menotti.

With his outstanding vocal beauty and artistic skill, Eliam Ramos has been heard internationally in numerous performances including Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in Spain, Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Israel, and the title role of Hans Werner Henze’s El Cimarrón in Mexico. Closer to home, he was featured in the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s 2022–23 Verdi Baritones Series.

Engagements in the 2023–24 season include Brahms’ Requiem with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Masetto (Don Giovanni) at Opera in Williamsburg, Belcore (L’Elisir D’Amore) and Baron Mirko Zeta (The Merry Widow) for Geneva Light Opera, Angelotti (Tosca) with Soo Theatre in Michigan, Clif Hardin’s Requiem for his Carnegie Hall debut, the world premiere of Song of the Nightingale and a Gala with On Site Opera, a concert with Zombie Opera, Count Ceprano (Rigoletto) and Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana) with Regina Opera, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Cantata No. 33 with Bach in Baltimore, the Doctor in the world premiere of The Extinctionist with Heartbeat Opera, Haydn’s Missa in angustiis (Nelson Mass) with the ECSO, in addition to several solo recitals.