Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1955-06-28 (Age: 71)
Place of Birth
Elkhart, Indiana, USA
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.
Filmography (41)
John Adams: Nixon in China
2023
Hadrian
2020Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata"
2020
Puccini: Tosca (Wiener Staatsoper Live)
2019
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018
Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
2017
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
2017
The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann
2016
Amours divins !
2016
Le Roi Arthus - Bastille
2015Meeting of the stars
2015
The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann
2015
Arabella
2014
Verdi: Don Carlo
2013
