Praised by The New York Times for his “impressive ... bright-voiced tenor”, Scott Ramsay is highly regarded by Opera companies and Symphony Orchestras across North America and abroad for his dynamic performances in repertoire ranging from Baroque and Bel Canto to the 20th Century. Following his portrayal of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, under the baton of Jesús López-Cobos at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times proclaimed "He brought a passionate intensity to the role that matched the fire of Dessay's riveting Lucia." His European debut in the same role quickly followed to great acclaim at the Dublin Int’l Opera Festival. Of his Canadian debut in Verdi’s Requiem with Sir Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Globe & Mail declared, "He proved a real find. His Ingemisco, Hostias and solo in the Lux Aeterna, had a sweetness and modest purity reminiscent of vintage Bjoerling and Simoneau.”

Mr. Ramsay's 2011/12 season includes appearances as Lenski in Eugene Onegin and as soloist in Opera in the Park, both conducted by John DeMain at Madison Opera; Handel's Messiah with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra; as Soloist in the Midwest premiere of Vache Sharafyan's Psalm 51 for Tenor & String Quartet with the Avalon String Quartet; the Duke in Rigoletto and as soloist in Opera at the Cathedral at Sacramento Opera; Alfredo in La Traviata with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra; Tom Rakewell in The Rake's Progress with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra; Orff's Carmina Burana with the Fresno Philharmonic; in Recital presented by Cincinnati's Matinée Musicale and Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd under the baton of Stephen Lord at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Upcoming engagements in 2012/13 include his return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago in the role of Mitch for a special ‘Student Night at the Opera’ performance of Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire and to cover the title role in Werther; additonally he makes his Virginia Opera debut as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Operatic engagements from recent seasons include his return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Painter/Sailor in Berg’s Lulu and the leading role of Mark in Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage both conducted by Sir Andrew Davis; Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dublin Int’l Opera Festival, Kentucky Opera, New Orleans Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera and Green Mountain Opera Festival conducted by Leonardo Vordoni; Pong in Turandot conducted by Bruno Bartoletti and Sir Andrew Davis at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore conducted by Stephen Lord at Michigan Opera Theatre as well as with Opera Grand Rapids; Fritz in Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein opposite Stephanie Blythe at Opera Boston; Jupiter in Semele at Opera Boston and opposite Stephanie Blythe at Arizona Opera; the title role in Gounod's Faust at Eugene Opera; Roméo in Roméo et Juliette at Opera New Jersey and Syracuse Opera, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at Arizona Opera and Greensboro Opera; Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Arizona Opera and Opera Naples; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Austin Lyric Opera and Dayton Opera; Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Opera New Jersey; Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S Pinafore with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra; Rodolfo in La Boheme with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Duluth Festival Opera, Il Conte di Libenskof in Il Viaggio a Reims at Chicago Opera Theater and his addition to the roster of the San Francisco Opera.

Mr. Ramsay’s numerous symphonic engagements have included solo appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Francesca da Rimini/Christoph Eschenbach & A Child of Our Time/Sir Andrew Davis); Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Verdi Requiem/Sir Andrew Davis); Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (Kammermusik 1958/David Robertson); American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall, Symphony Space & the Bard Festival (U.S. Premiere - The Destruction of Jerusalem/Leon Botstein & Beethoven 9th/Leon Botstein) ; Ravinia Festival (Grier's Songs from Spoon River); Grant Park Music Festival (Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi/Hannu Lintu & Die Erste Walpurgisnacht/Carlos Kalmar); Berkshire Choral Festival (the title role in Handel's Judas Maccabeaus, Beethoven 9th, Carmina Burana & Verdi Requiem at the Terezin Memorial in Prague, Czech Republic); Rochester Philharmonic (Verdi Requiem); Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra & Bel Canto Chorus (Verdi Requiem); The Louisville Orchestra (Verdi Requiem); Master Choral of South Florida (Verdi Requiem); Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Tchaikovsky & Taneyev's Roméo et Juliette/Carl St. Clair & Messiah); Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Messiah); Chicago’s Music of the Baroque (Mozart Requiem/Jane Glover & Cantatas of Telemann and Bach/Jane Glover); Toledo Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven 9th); Santa Cruz Symphony (Beethoven 9th); Albany Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven 9th, Opera Gala Concert & Mozart at the Opera); Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (Bach Cantatas No. 41, 109 & 205); Pasadena Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven 9th & Mozart Requiem); Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven 9th & Mozart Requiem); Springfield Symphony Orchestra (Opera Gala Concert & Carmina Burana); Madison Symphony Orchestra (Bach Magnificat); Mobile Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven 9th); Green Bay Symphony Orchestra (Opera Gala Concert) and Songs by Edward T. Cone at Princeton University.

During his three-season engagement as a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center, Mr. Ramsay made his debut as Rodrigo in Verdi’s Otello alongside Canadian tenor Ben Heppner and American soprano Renée Fleming. During this time, he sang principal roles in La Boheme, Die Zauberflöte, Parsifal, La Traviata, Samson et Dalila, Regina, Lucia di Lammermoor and Madama Butterfly.

Mr. Ramsay has won the top prizes from the American Opera Society and the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation. Additional training programs have included Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Central City Opera and the Berkshire Choral Festival.