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 20th Century Opera. 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 International 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 2010-11 season marks his return to the Berkshire Choral Festival to sing the title role in Handel's Judas Maccabeaus; Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at Greensboro Opera; Verdi’s Requiem with the Philharmonia of Lynn University, a Benefit Concert for the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra and his debut at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. in Bach’s St. John Passion conducted by Michael McCarthy.

Highlights from the 2009-10 season include his return to Opera Boston as Fritz in a highly acclaimed new production of Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein opposite Stephanie Blythe; Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Arizona Opera; the title role in Gounod's Faust at Eugene Opera; Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Opera New Jersey; Rodolfo in La Boheme at Duluth Festival Opera and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Green Mountain Opera Festival conducted by Leonardo Vordoni. On the concert stage, Mr. Ramsay appeared in Verdi’s Requiem with the Rochester Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra with the Bel Canto Chorus; Handel's Messiah with the Nashville Symphony; Tchaikovsky & Taneyev's Roméo et Juliette with the Pacific Symphony; Songs by Edward T. Cone at Princeton University; Grier's Songs from Spoon River at the Ravinia Festival; Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra and Mozart's Requiem with the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra and Chicago's Music of the Baroque conducted by Jane Glover.

Auspicious operatic debuts from recent seasons include returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Painter/Sailor in Berg’s Lulu & 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 International Opera Festival, Kentucky Opera, New Orleans Opera & Connecticut Grand Opera; Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore conducted by Stephen Lord at Michigan Opera Theatre as well as with Opera Grand Rapids; Roméo in Roméo et Juliette at Opera New Jersey and Syracuse Opera, Jupiter in Semele at Opera Boston, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and Jupiter in Semele at Arizona Opera, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Austin Lyric Opera and Dayton Opera, Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Opera Naples, Pong in Turandot at Lyric Opera of Chicago and joining the roster of the San Francisco Opera.

In great demand on the concert stage, 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 (U.S. Premiere - The Destruction of Jerusalem/Leon Botstein); Grant Park Music Festival (Die Erste Walpurgisnacht/Carlos Kalmar & Gianni Schicchi/Hannu Lintu); Berkshire Choral Festival (Beethoven 9th, Carmina Burana & Verdi Requiem at the Terezin Memorial in Prague, Czech Republic); Chicago’s Music of the Baroque (Mozart Requiem & Cantatas of Telemann and Bach/Jane Glover); Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Handel Messiah); 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); Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra (La Boheme, Beethoven 9th & Mozart Requiem); Springfield Symphony Orchestra (Opera Gala Concert & Carmina Burana); Madison Symphony Orchestra (Bach Magnificat); Mobile Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven 9th) and the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra (Opera Gala Concert).

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.