Soprano Suzanne Ramo is praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for her “bright presence both vocally and theatrically” as well as her “formidable show of vocal technique and stage presence.” A former Alder Fellow, she debuted with the San Francisco Opera as Woglinde and the Forest Bird in their Der Ring des Nibelungen Festival, and soon was starring in the title role in The Ballad of Baby Doe. Other company appearances have included Papagena in Die Zauberflöte and Countess Olga Surkarev in Fedora as part of the Viva Domingo! Gala. She also appeared in San Francisco Opera Center’s Showcase, singing the title role in Cavalli’s La Calisto, and as Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring.  Following her fellowship, Ms. Ramo returned to San Francisco for her role debut as the Queen of the Night.

Recent engagements include Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus and Sister Constance in Dialogues of the Carmelites with Austin Lyric Opera, for which she garnered an Austin Critics’ Table Award nomination for Best Singer, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Berkshire Opera, Mozart’s Requiem with Musica Ecclesiae in Austin, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with Amarillo Opera, Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos with Tulsa Opera and Violetta in La Traviata with Amarillo Opera. The Amarillo Globe News said, “Through Ramo, the audience experienced the greatness of Verdi’s achievement, with her voice transporting and enthralling.”

A former national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Ms. Ramo made her professional debut as Papagena during her apprenticeship with Austin Lyric Opera. She has since returned to Austin as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and as Stella in a new production of Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire. She counts among her roles Gilda (Rigoletto), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Iris (Semele), Nannetta (Falstaff), Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), The Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro), the Governess (The Turn of the Screw), and Fiordiligi (Così fan Tutte). She has toured as Violetta in La Traviata with SFO’s Western Opera Theater, and was twice chosen to participate in their Merola Program, where she sang Elvira in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri.

Equally accomplished on the concert stage, Ms. Ramo has been heard in such diverse works as the Brahms Requiem, Mozart’s Mass in c minor, Handel’s Messiah, and Poulenc’s Gloria. For her performance as the Seraph in Beethoven’s Christus am Ölberge with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, the Chronicle praised her as “a brilliant Seraph, her coloratura blazing forth brightly and her lyrical phrasing sweetly rendered.”

A native of Cheney, Washington, Suzanne Ramo earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Whitworth College and her Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She resides in Texas with her husband, a pianist and university music professor.