#Samuel Ramey

[docgold13]

Profiles in Villainy

The Beast

A veritable personification of the unknown, The Beast roams the forest, ruling over darkened spaces with vast and dangerous powers.  He possesses a lantern that he must keep lit at all times so to sustain his life.  Yet the only fuel that this lantern will accept is the oil extracted from the rare Edelwood tree. 

The Beast seeks out victims, those brave or foolish souls who venture into his woods.  He does all in his power to cause these victims to lose all hope.  Once said victim has lost hope and fully gives in to despair, this enables The Beast to transform them into an Edelwood tree; trees that he can then cut down and use to fuel his lantern.  In other words, The Beast subsists on lost hope and he will do all in his power instill despair into those he encounters.  

As manipulative as he is mysterious, The Beast is indifferent to the pain and suffering caused by his actions. He is quite well-spoken and will attempt to lull his victims into a false sense of security, accomplished by feigning concern. He is a master of deception, knowing exactly what to say to get people under his power. 

When the brothers, Wirt and Gregory, ventured into the forests, The Beast set his sights on the two lads.  Gregory was naive and impressionable and almost succumbed to The Beast’s manipulation; whilst Writ was much more dour and sensible as well as highly suspicious of the villain.  

It is likely the brothers would have perished at the hands of The Beast had they not been rescued by The Huntsman.  This Huntsman saved Wirt and Gregory and extinguished The Beast’s flame, seeming destroying the creature once and for all.  

Actor Samuel Ramey provided the voice for The Beast, appearing in the 2014 animated mini-series, Over the Garden Wall.  

#Profiles in Villainy #Over the Garden Wall #The Beast #Samuel Ramey #cut-out #paper art #Villains!

[theotherartblog]

A very old sketchbook thing, revived for The Season. 

#over the garden wall #the beast #over the garden wall beast #otgw #otgw fanart #samuel ramey #i like an eldritch nighttime-creature with eerily glowing eyes #over the garden wall is a thing of beauty #otgw beast #over the garden wall fanart

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#Over the Garden Wall #Elijah Wood #Collin Dean #Melanie Lynskey #Christopher Lloyd #Tim Curry #Jack Jones #Samuel Ramey #Patrick McHale #Nate Cash #2014

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

obsessed with these headlines about Samuel Ramey

#they understand #samuel ramey #opera

[theimpossiblescheme]

Thrilled to death that Samuel Ramey got a crack at both my favorite song from this show and the one that gets stuck in my head on a daily basis.

#YouTube is a beautiful place sometimes... XD #man of la mancha #samuel ramey #if music be the food of love play on

[ksantillus]

#tunesday #samuel ramey #franz schubert #romanticism #lied #Youtube #halloween

[ltc-henry-blake]

Don Giovanni 1990 Met production my beloved

#it is 2 o'clock in the morning why am i watching this again #don giovanni #opera #wolfgang amadeus mozart #classical music #samuel ramey #mozart #metropolitan opera

[meanpersonaart]

My 23-year-old, not-watching-cartoons ass is currently watching Over the Garden Wall, beacause she found out that the main villain (The Beast) is voiced by (Dark) Lord and Saviour Samuel Ramey.

#wtf #i love it #over the garden wall #otgw #otgw wirt #otgw greg #otgw beast #otgw the beast #Samuel Ramey #cartoon #cartoon network #opera #elijah wood #samuel ramey the beast

[twistedtummies2]

The Devils I Know - Number 12

Welcome to “The Devils I Know!” For this spooky time of year, from now till Halloween, I’ll be counting down My Top 31 Depictions of the Devil, from movies, television, video games, and more! Today’s Devil is an operatic villain…literally! Number 12 is Samuel Ramey. (pauses) Just…just Samuel Ramey.

Now, the chances are VERY high that if you’re reading this, your immediate thought is, “Who is Samuel Ramey?” The answer is simple: Samuel Ramey is a performer – a singer and actor – who is probably most well-known to general audiences for his voicework in things like “Over the Garden Wall.” Beyond that, he’s most renowned for his work in opera. Having said this, before I continue talking about this entry, I need to make one thing clear: I’m not a big opera buff. I respect and admire opera immensely, and I don’t believe the old cliché that “opera is boring” has much merit…but the simple and fundamental problem is that most of the great operas are written in any language but English. Which wouldn’t be a problem if it weren’t for the fact that I, personally, don’t understand any language BUT English. Seriously. I’m terrible with other languages; I can’t even speak or understand much Spanish, and I live about a hop skip and a jump away from the Mexican border. I took a French course in High School, and I think I’ve forgotten everything I learned there. It all goes in one ear and out the other. So, unless I’m watching a video with subtitles, and I’m REALLY riveted to what’s going on, I’m just not going to really “get” what I’m watching. Thankfully, I’ve seen Ramey’s performances in such situations. Ramey is a renowned performer with many credits under his belt, but he’s probably most well-known for playing one role, which he has effectively made a career out of, and that is the Devil. More specifically, Mephistopheles in numerous productions of Faust…and with numerous librettos. In the world of opera, you see, there are no less than THREE separate operatic versions of the Faust legend, ALL of which are VERY highly respected and frequently performed. In order of when they were composed, there’s “La Damnation de Faust,” by Berlioz; Gonoud’s “Faust;” and Boito’s “Mefistofele.” All three of these tell the exact same story, with basically the exact same plot, but with obvious minor differences between each one. I like to call them “The Three Devils of Opera.” Ramey has played Mephistopheles in productions of all three of these operas, and in all three cases, he has done so more than once. While the music and lyrics and some scene elements may change, his portrayal of the Devil in each of these is consistent. And when I think of Mephistopheles in ANY of these shows, it’s usually Ramey I think of. Ramey’s Mephistopheles is a figure of true fantastical power; he’s a grand and show-stealing figure who is impossible to take your eyes off of, and the simple fact this actor has played this same role in so many shows for so many years really does help to make him noteworthy. It’s the operatic equivalent of, say, Mark Hamill as the Joker: Hamill has not only played the same character for many years, but in many different adaptations, and every single time he’s awesome. Ramey is exactly the same with his portrayal of Faust’s tempter and deceiver. He’s become so well-known in the part, that Ramey actually went on a touring concert once singing different songs in his repertoire; the concert was appropriately called “A Date with the Devil.” Indeed, one could argue The Beast from “Over the Garden Wall” – his most well-known performance beyond the hallowed halls of opera – is really just another example of Ramey playing the Devil, given the way the fiendish monster is portrayed in the miniseries. If you’re not into opera, watching or listening to any of Ramey’s performances probably won’t change your mind. However, for those who are interested, just to get you started…there are recordings of Ramey’s full performances from productions of “Faust” and “Mefistofele” available on YouTube (as of when I typed this, anyway). The former was recorded and aired on television and in theatres in 1995; the latter came earlier in 1989. In my opinion, these are the two finest examples of Ramey’s work with the Devil. Check them out as soon as you can. :) Tomorrow, the countdown continues with Number 11! HINT: An Eggs-asperatingly Evil Fellow.

#the devils i know #top 31 devils #fiction #best #favorites #list #countdown #october special #halloween advent calendar #theatre #opera #faust #mefistofele #la damnation de faust #gonoud #berlioz #boito #samuel ramey #number 12 #mephistopheles

[vera-dauriac]

#move along #nothing to see here #the only thing good about this opera is the homosexual subtext apparently #don carlo #verdi #opera #ferruccio furlanetto #samuel ramey #Youtube

[screamscenepodcast]

For November's horror adjacent bonus episode, your deadicated hosts tackle OVER THE GARDEN WALL (2014), the Cartoon Network miniseries created by Patrick McHale and starring Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, Melanie Lynskey and Christopher Lloyd!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 37:10; Discussion 57:12

#podcast #over the garden wall #horror #horror adjacent #dark fantasy #elijah wood #collin dean #melanie lynskey #christopher lloyd #jack jones #samuel ramey #patrick mchale #cartoon network #nate cash #tome of the unknown #john cleese #tim curry #shirley jones

[rayatii]

Pl*cido D*mingo 🤝 Samuel Ramey

(world-famous opera singers voicing a supporting character that happens to sing, in a cartoon that came out in 2014)

#more opera singers voicing cartoon characters please!!! #the book of life #over the garden wall #opera #opera singers #placido domingo #(i would be much more delighted with the book of life thing if i didn't hate d*mingo's fucking guts) #samuel ramey #opera singers voicing cartoon characters

[drgeoduck]

Person: How gay is opera?

Me: A normal amount.

Opera:

Me: Could be gayer.

#opera #gaiety #samuel ramey #mefistofele #san francisco opera

[ratartistaradiadeetz]

#art #redraw #fanart #opera #opera tag #fan art opera #Mefistofele #Mefistofele 1986 #Samuel ramey #digital art #fan art #my art #drawing #my style

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

Samuel Ramey as Miracle in Les Contes d’Hoffmann (1995, Teatro alla Scala)

#HANDS #samuel ramey #les contes d'hoffmann #opera #teatro alla scala #the tales of hoffmann #tragically the only copy i have has hardcoded japanese subtitles so i had to crop the picture :( #my edits

[theimpossiblescheme]

Have another absolutely godly rendition of my favorite song... 💛

#man of la mancha #samuel ramey #if music be the food of love play on #Brian Stokes Mitchell's is still my favorite rendition but Ramey sings the hell out of it. <3 #(Apologies for the volume--that was as loud as I could make it. :P)