Justin Ramm-Damron, bass-baritone, has been described as a “Poised and characterful bass-baritone” (Opera Today) and known to give “a menacing performance” (KDHX). Currently, Justin is a resident artist with Shreveport Opera. This season he will perform the roles of Colline in Puccini’s La bohème and Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. During his time at Shreveport Opera he will return to Music on Site Inc. to perform the title role in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro; and perform the world premiere of Marc-andre Bougie’s Stabat Mater. Last season with Shreveport Opera he revisited the roles of Angelotti and Jailer in Puccini’s Tosca and sang the roles of Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen, as well as Daters in Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight! in 2025. While performing these operas he also performed for assisted living facilities, rehabilitation facilities, hospitals, and for several private parties; also, performing two children’s operas for thousands of elementary school students in the greater Shreveport area.

After this season he will go on to perform the role of Sparafucile in Verdi’s Rigoletto with Heartland Opera and then will join Central City Opera as a developing artist.

This past summer he sang the role of Ben in the world premiere of Asia’s Tin Angel with Teatro Grattacielo. Then, he went on to perform the roles of Frère Laurent and Le Duc in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with Shakespeare Opera Theatre. Lastly, he sang in his first Ring Cycle with Tundi Productions in Vermont. After covering a couple roles with them in 2024, he returned in 2025 to sing the role of Fafner in both of Wagner’s great works Das Rheingold and Siegfried. 

The previous summer he sang the roles of the Sergeant in Puccini’s La bohème and Curio in Handel’s Julius Caesar; while covering the roles of Don Basilio and the Official in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, as well as Benoit and Alcindoro in Puccini’s La bohème, and Cardinal Three in Glass’ Galileo Galilei as a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He then sang the role of Banco in Verdi’s Macbeth with Shakespeare Opera Theatre in Virginia. Afterwards, he sang with New Jersey Lyric Opera as Sagrestano in Puccini’s Tosca and as previously mentioned he covered the roles of Fafner in Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Hagen in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung with Tundi Productions in Vermont. Previously in 2024, he was seen performing with Bronx Opera where he performed the roles of Simone in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Gaudenzio in Rossini’s Il signor Bruschino.

In previous years, he covered the role of Melisso in Handel’s Alcina with St. Petersburg Opera as a Studio Artist in 2023. The previous year he was an emerging artist with St. Petersburg Opera where he performed the role of Un Carceriere in Puccini’s Tosca while covering the roles of Sagrestano and Sciarrone. He performed the role of Bartolo in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Magnifico and continues to sing for their outreach events. He performs often with the already mentioned New Jersey Lyric Opera where he has performed Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca, Dulcamara in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, as well as cover Monterone and Sparafucile in Verdi’s Rigoletto. This past summer he performed with Central City Opera, singing the role of Le Duc in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette as a Studio Artist. Then was a paid cover for the roles of Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mago in Handel’s Rinaldo with Chicago Summer Opera. He also has performed with Sarasota Opera as an Apprentice Artist where he sang the role of Un Officier Municipal in Massenet’s Thérèse and covered the role of Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 2023. The previous year with Sarasota Opera he performed the role of Le Caporal in Donizetti’s La fille du régiment. He has performed several roles with the previously mentioned company Chicago Summer Opera in 2021 and 2022. These roles include Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Superintendent Budd in Britten’s Albert Herring, Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Sprecher and Second Armored Man in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and Mercurio, Littore, Tribuni, and Familiare III in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea. In the summer of 2019 he made his European opera debut performing as Bartolo in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Betto di Signa in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with La Musica Lirica.

He earned his Master’s degree from Northwestern University in Voice and Opera Performance studying under W. Stephen Smith. Justin performed the role of Caronte in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Don Alfonso from Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte with Northwestern Opera Theatre. He previously received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Sacramento State School of Music. He has performed many lead roles with the Sacramento State Opera Theatre, most notably Orgon in Mechem’s Tartuffe and Don Annibale in Donizetti’s Il Campanello.