Thomas Hampson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 28, 1955 (age 71)
- Birthplace
- Elkhart, Indiana, USA
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
La traviata
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Verdi: Don Carlos
La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera
Tosca - Wiener Staatsoper
John Adams: Nixon in China
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Thaïs - Metropolitan Opera
Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Photos
Filmography
John Adams: Nixon in China
Movie · as Richard Nixon
Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata"
Movie · as Germont
Hadrian
Movie · as Hadrian
Tosca - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · as Baron Scarpia
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Movie · as Self - Baritone
Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
Movie · as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Movie · as Giorgio Germont
Amours divins !
Movie · as Self - Chanteur
The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann
Movie · as Four Villans
The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann
Movie · as Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dappertutto
Meeting of the stars
Movie · as Self
Le Roi Arthus - Bastille
Movie · as Arthus
Arabella
Movie · as Mandryka
Verdi - Don Carlo
Movie · as Rodrigo, Marquis de Posa
Verdi: Don Carlo
Movie · as Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
Meisterwerke der Klassik
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Of Love, Death, and Beyond: Exploring Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
Movie · as Narrator
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Movie · as Giorgio Germont
Tosca
Movie · as Baron Scarpia
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Movie · as Self - Host
Thomas Hampson Sings Schumann
Movie · as Self
Thaïs - Metropolitan Opera
Movie · as Athanaël
La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera
Movie · as Self - Guest interviewer
Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
Movie · as Germont
Don Giovanni
Movie · as Don Giovanni
Doktor Faust
Movie · as Doktor Faust
A Mozart Gala from Salzburg
Movie · as Self
Parsifal's Progress
Movie · as Self / Amfortas
La traviata
Movie · as Giorgio Germont
Verdi La Traviata
Movie · as Germont
Parsifal
Movie · as Amfortas
What the Universe Tells Me
Movie · as Self
Thomas Hampson: Voices of Our Time
Movie · as Self
Wonderful Town
Movie
Simon Boccanegra
Movie · as Simon Boccanegra
Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings
Movie · as Self
Macbeth
Movie · as Macbeth
Verdi: Don Carlos
Movie · as Rodrigue, Marquis of Posa
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera
Movie · as Valmont
On the Town
Movie · as Gabey
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Village Romeo And Juliet
Movie · as The Dark Fidler (voice)
Great Performances
TV · as Valmont, Self · 1 ep