The soprano “Kammersängerin” Melba Ramos, born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, graduated from the “Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico”, an institution founded by Pablo Casals.

Melba Ramos received first prize in the Metropolitan Opera District of Puerto Rico competitions in 1987, 88 and 89. At the end of her studies she went to Europe, where shortly after she joined the studio of the Cologne Opera from 1989 to 1992 in Germany. Subsequently, he received his first contract from 1992 to 1996 at the “Wuppertalerbühnen”.

During these years, Melba Ramos enriched her repertoire with roles ranging from soubrette to lyric coloratura, including Gilda “Rigoletto”, Pamina and Queen of the Night from “The Magic Flute”, Liù “Turandot”, the four heroines from “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and many others, which she later performed as a guest in the great theaters of the State Opera, Deutsche Oper and Komische Oper, all in Berlin, Reise Opera, Enschede, Holland, Palais de Garnier, Paris, Opera Carlo Felice, Genoa, Teatro Bellini, Catania, Italy, Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao, Spain, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Hamburg, Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Gran Teatro Liceu, Barcelona, Palau de la Música, Valencia, Opera Comédie, Montpellier and others.among others.

Ms. Ramos has worked under the direction of music directors such as James Conlon, Simone Young, Eugene Khon, Ascher Fish, Vladimir Jurowski, Peter Gülke, Julius Rudel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Hubert Soudant and others and stage directors such as Pina Bausch and Jürgen Rose sang, Harry Kupfer, Christine Mielitz, Achim Freyer, Hanz Grazer, Renaud Doucet.

Due to his extensive repertoire, Melba Ramos has participated in numerous concerts and festivals in the cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Kyoto in Japan, “Whitsun Festival” and “Mozart Festival” in Salzburg, “Schwetzingen Festival”, “Handel Festival in Halle”,and “Autumn Music Days” in Bad Uhrach, Germany. On these occasions she has recorded the works such as Verdi’s “Requiem”, “La Passione di Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo”, Salieri, “Prima la Música e poi le parole” among others.

With more than three decades of successful career, Melba Ramos has roles such as Lucia in “Lucía di Lammemour”, Leila, “le Pecheurs de Perles”, Norina “Don Pasquale”, Fiordiligi, “Così fan Tutte”, Vitellia “La Clemenza di Tito”, Donna Anna “Don Giovanni”, Contessa “Le Nozze di Figaro”, Violeta Valery “La Traviata”, Cio cio san “Madame Butterly” and many more.

Her vocal maturity has allowed her to expand her repertoire in recent years to include spinto soprano roles such as Floria Tosca “Tosca”, Senta “Der Fliegende Holländer”, Ariadne, “Ariadne auf Naxos”, “Turandot”, “Aida”, Amelia, “Ballo in Maschera”, Leonora “Il Trovatore”, Bess in “Porgy and Bess”, etc.

Melba Ramos has excelled as a vocal teacher at the “Musik und Kunst Privat Universität Wien” and has also offered master classes and training for professional singers throughout her career.