Thomas Hampson

Known for ActingBorn 1955-06-28 (age 70)Elkhart, Indiana, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

Verdi: Don Carlos

La traviata

The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

Le Roi Arthus - Bastille

Royal Opera House: La Traviata

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

Great Performances

John Adams: Nixon in China

Rossini: La Cenerentola

Macbeth

Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata"

Hadrian

Puccini: Tosca (Wiener Staatsoper Live)

Amours divins !

The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann

Meeting of the stars

Arabella

Verdi - Don Carlo

Verdi: Don Carlo

Meisterwerke der Klassik

Of Love, Death, and Beyond: Exploring Mahler's Resurrection Symphony

Tosca

Thomas Hampson Sings Schumann

Massenet: Thaïs

Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming

Don Giovanni

Doktor Faust

A Mozart Gala from Salzburg

Parsifal's Progress

Verdi La Traviata

Parsifal

What the Universe Tells Me

Thomas Hampson: Voices of Our Time

Wonderful Town

Simon Boccanegra

Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings

Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera

On the Town

Le monde est à vous

A Village Romeo And Juliet