Thomas Hampson
Biography
Thomas Walter Hampson (born June 28, 1955) is an American lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in major opera houses and concert halls and made over 170 musical recordings. Hampson's operatic repertoire spans a range of more than 80 roles, including the title roles in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Rossini's Guillaume Tell and Il barbiere di Siviglia, Thomas' Hamlet, and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. The center of his Verdi repertoire remains Posa in Don Carlo, Germont in La traviata, the title roles in Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra, and more recently also Amfortas in Wagner's Parsifal and Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca. As a recitalist Hampson has won worldwide recognition for his thoughtfully researched and creatively constructed programs that explore the rich repertoire of song in a wide range of styles, languages, and periods. He is one of the most important interpreters of German Romantic song – especially known for his interpretations of the music of Gustav Mahler – and, with his "Song of America" project collaboration with the Library of Congress, has become known as the "ambassador" of American song.
Known For
Great Performances
Great Performances
Le monde est à vous
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Macbeth
Massenet: Thaïs
Wonderful Town
All Movies (41)
- John Adams: Nixon in China2023 · as Richard Nixon
- Hadrian2020 · as Hadrian
- Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata"2020 · as Germont
- Puccini: Tosca (Wiener Staatsoper Live)2019 · as Baron Scarpia
- Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood2018 · as Self - Baritone
- Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty2017 · as Self
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata2017 · as Giorgio Germont
- The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann2016 · as Four Villans
- Amours divins !2016 · as Self - Chanteur
- Le Roi Arthus - Bastille2015 · as Arthus
- Meeting of the stars2015 · as Self
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann2015 · as Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dappertutto
- Arabella2014 · as Mandryka
- Verdi: Don Carlo2013 · as Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
- Verdi - Don Carlo2013 · as Rodrigo, Marquis de Posa
- Of Love, Death, and Beyond: Exploring Mahler's Resurrection Symphony2011 · as Narrator
- Thomas Hampson Sings Schumann2009 · as Self
- Royal Opera House: La Traviata2009 · as Giorgio Germont
- Rossini: La Cenerentola2009 · as Self - Host
- Tosca2009 · as Baron Scarpia
- Massenet: Thaïs2008 · as Athanaël
- Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust2008 · as Self - Guest interviewer
- Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming2008 · as Germont
- Don Giovanni2006 · as Don Giovanni
- A Mozart Gala from Salzburg2006 · as Self
- Doktor Faust2006 · as Doktor Faust
- La traviata2005 · as Giorgio Germont
- Parsifal2005 · as Amfortas
- Verdi La Traviata2005 · as Germont
- Parsifal's Progress2005 · as Self / Amfortas
- Thomas Hampson: Voices of Our Time2004 · as Self
- What the Universe Tells Me2004 · as Self
- Simon Boccanegra2002 · as Simon Boccanegra
- Wonderful Town2002
- Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings2001 · as Self
- Macbeth2001 · as Macbeth
- Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary1996 · as Self
- Verdi: Don Carlos1996 · as Rodrigue, Marquis of Posa
- The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera1994 · as Valmont
- On the Town1993 · as Gabey
- A Village Romeo And Juliet1986 · as The Dark Fidler (voice)
All TV Shows (5)
- Meisterwerke der Klassik2012 · as Self
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin1989 · as Self
- Le monde est à vous1987 · as Self
- Great Performances1971 · as Valmont
- Great Performances1971 · as Self