Meet Sam

Samuel Rachmuth, bass-baritone, is a native of Long Island, New York, and currently resides in Manhattan. He recently earned his Master of Music degree from the Mannes College of Music.

The 2024-2025 season began with Mr. Rachmuth's return to Mannes as a guest artist, performing the role of Atticus Finch in David T. Little's Vinkensport. He then made his soloist debut in Handel's Messiah as the bass soloist with the Orchestra of the Bronx and Bronx Opera. Coming up, he will be returning to Charlottesville Opera in February for a series of season preview concerts. Later this season, he will return to Bronx Opera to sing Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Così fan tutte.

During the 2023-2024 season, Mr. Rachmuth performed the roles of the Notary and the Police Commissioner in Bronx Opera’s double bill of Gianni Schicchi and Signor Bruschino. He subsequently covered the role of Leonidas and sang Philo in Mark Adamo's Lysistrata with Mannes Opera, followed by his portrayal of Seneca in L’incoronazione di Poppea at Mannes Opera. In the summer, he joined Utah Festival Opera as a company member, where he sang Marco in a double bill of Gianni Schicchi and Buoso’s Ghost by Michael Ching, Calvin in Guys and Dolls, and Bishop Dobson in Anything Goes.

The 2022-2023 season saw Mr. Rachmuth perform Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera Magnifico. He was an Ader Emerging Artist with Charlottesville Opera, where he performed Sciarrone in Tosca and Calvin in Guys and Dolls. He returned to Sarasota Opera as an Apprentice Artist, covering the roles of the Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly and Iago in Ernani. Earlier that fall, he portrayed Giove in Mannes Opera's La Calisto and sang in the chorus of Teatro Nuovo’s Maometto II at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Additionally, he participated in the Santa Fe Opera workshop of The Righteous by Gregory Spears.

In the 2021-2022 season, Mr. Rachmuth joined Central City Opera as a Studio Artist, performing in the "Lunch and a Song" recital, the ensemble of The Light in the Piazza, and the chorus of Die Fledermaus. He also returned to Sarasota Opera as an Apprentice Artist, singing the Jailer in Tosca and performing in the choruses of La Fille du Régiment, The Pearl Fishers, and Attila. That fall, he sang the role of Bram in a workshop of Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners and covered Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro with Mannes Opera.

His previous operatic credits include La Calisto (Giove), Gianni Schicchi (Simone), Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro), Tosca (The Jailer, Angelotti, Sciarrone), La Bohème (Colline), La Cenerentola (Alidoro), Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso), Die Fledermaus (Frank), Susannah (Elder Ott), Eugene Onegin (Captain), and Street Scene (Henry Davis). He has also performed in three original operas with the American Lyric Theater: JFK, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing, and The Halloween Tree.

Mr. Rachmuth studies under the tutelage of Amy Burton.

For Sam’s biographies, resume, and repertoire list, visit the Press Kit page.