Praised by Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times for his “impressive . . bright-voiced tenor”, American tenor Scott Ramsay has attracted international attention following his recent European debut as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival and for his performance of the same role at the Lyric Opera of Chicago for which the Chicago Sun-Times proclaimed,"He brought a passionate intensity to the role that matched the fire of Dessay's riveting Lucia". Of his Canadian debut in Verdi’s Requiem with Sir Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Globe & Mail declared, "He proved to be a real find - his voice has a sweetness and the modest purity reminiscent of vintage Bjoerling and Simoneau."

Mr. Ramsay's 2008/09 season features an exciting mix of debuts and important reengagements including his return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Painter in a new Paul Curran production of Lulu conducted by Sir Andrew Davis - a role he will repeat abroad in 2011, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at Opera Grand Rapids, Roméo in Roméo et Juliette with Syracuse Opera and Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Opera New Jersey. On the concert stage, Mr. Ramsay appears as soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony & Orff's Carmina Burana at the Berkshire Choral Festival, Grier's Songs from Spoon River at the Ravinia Festival, Handel's Messiah with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Pasedena Symphony Orchestra, Bach's Cantatas Nos. 41, 109 & 205 with the Helmuth Rilling Orchestra, in Recital at the University of South Dakota's Colton Hall, Mozart's Requiem with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, an Opera Gala Celebration & Orff's Carmina Burana with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and his debut at the Prague International Spring Festival with the Berkshire Choral Festival in Verdi's Requiem.

In addition to making his successful European debut and joining the roster of the San Francisco Opera, the 2007/08 season also marked a major American debut for Mr. Ramsay at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in the U.S. Premiere of The Destruction of Jerusalem with the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Music Director Leon Botstein. Further appearances included his debut with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in Hans Henze’s Kammermusik 1958 with Music Director David Robertson, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Jacksonville & Albany Symphony Orchestras, Roméo in Roméo et Juliette at Opera New Jersey, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Dayton Opera, Jupiter in Semele at Opera Boston, Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Opera Naples and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at Arizona Opera.

Notable appearances from recent seasons include his role debut in the leading character of Mark in Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis at Lyric Opera of Chicago; Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Lyric Opera of Chicago [opposite Natalie Dessay], Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival, Kentucky Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera & New Orleans Opera; Jupiter in a new Chas Rader-Shieber production of Semele opposite Lisa Saffer & Stephanie Blythe at Arizona Opera; Pong in Turandot at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Gloriously Baroque:Telemann & Bach with Music of the Baroque, Mozart at the Opera with the Albany Symphony Orchestra & Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Austin Lyric Opera.

Mr. Ramsay’s numerous symphonic engagements have included the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Verdi Requiem/Sir Andrew Davis), Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Francesca da Rimini/Christoph Eschenbach & A Child of Our Time/Sir Andrew Davis), Grant Park Symphony Orchestra (Die Erste Walpurgisnacht/Carlos Calmar & Gianni Schicchi/Hannu Lintu), Madison Symphony Orchestra (Bach Magnificat/John DeMain), Albany Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the Green Bay Symphony.

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.

Among the awards and honors Mr. Ramsay has received are the top prizes from the American Opera Society of Chicago in 2004 and the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation in 2002. Additional training programs have included Florida Grand Opera, The Berkshire Choral Festival, Central City Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera.