Valerian Ruminski

Valerian Ruminski (born 1967, Buffalo, New York) is an American bass singer.

He attended SUNY Buffalo and the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He apprenticed with the Santa Fe and Chautauqua Operas and has performed with the NYC Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera, Dallas Opera, Opéra de Montréal, New Israeli Opera (Tel Aviv), Opera Pacific, Michigan Opera Theatre, Atlanta Opera, Syracuse Opera, Opera de Monte Carlo, Festival Lyrique de Belle Ile en Mer and the El Paso Opera. His roles have included Ferrando/Il Trovatore, Sparafucile/Rigoletto, Sarastro/The Magic Flute, Betto/Gianni Schicchi, Inspector Budd/Albert Herring, Lt. Ratcliffe/Billy Budd, Figaro/Le nozze di Figaro, Fenicio/Ermione and Frank/Die Fledermaus

Mr. Ruminski is a recipient of a Richard Tucker Career Grant, a Lincoln Center Martin Segal Award, a William Mattheus Sullivan Foundation Grant, a 2004 Gerda Lissner Foundation Grant, a Liederkranz Prize, 1st Prize in the MacAllister Singing Competition, 1st Prize in the NJ Verismo Competition, 1st Prize in the Marcella Sembrich Competition in NYC, 1st Prize in the DiPanni Bel Canto Comoetition in Rhode Island, 1st Prize in the NYSTA Coloratura Competition in NYC, 2nd Prize in the Altamura/Caruso Competition in Imola, Italy and 2nd Prize in the Loren Zachary Competition in LA. He has also been recognized as the Outstanding Polish Citizen of Music by the Am-Pol Eagle newspaper in Buffalo, New York.

Among his concert appearances include a Messiah with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, a Verdi Requiem for the Verdi Festival in Forli Italy, Song of the Forest for the Bard School Festival of Shostakovich, Carmen in concert with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Haydn's Creation at St. Joseph University in Philadelphia and the Richard Tucker Gala on PBS in 1999 and 2000.

Mr. Ruminski resides in New York City. He can be heard on the Naxos Records release of A Night at the Opera with other young singers who have debuted at the Metropolitan Opera as well as the Deutsche Grammophon release of I Puritani with Anna Netrebko and John Relyea.

List of roles sung by Valerian Ruminski: