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.
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Movies (41)
John Adams: Nixon in China
as Richard Nixon
2023
Hadrian
as Hadrian
2020
Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata"
as Germont
2020
Puccini: Tosca (Wiener Staatsoper Live)
as Baron Scarpia
2019
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
as Self - Baritone
2018
Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
as Self
2017
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
as Giorgio Germont
2017
The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann
as Four Villans
2016
Amours divins !
as Self - Chanteur
2016
Le Roi Arthus - Bastille
as Arthus
2015
Meeting of the stars
as Self
2015
The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann
as Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dappertutto
2015
Arabella
as Mandryka
2014
Verdi: Don Carlo
as Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
2013
Verdi - Don Carlo
as Rodrigo, Marquis de Posa
2013
Of Love, Death, and Beyond: Exploring Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
as Narrator
2011
Thomas Hampson Sings Schumann
as Self
2009
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
as Giorgio Germont
2009
Rossini: La Cenerentola
as Self - Host
2009
Tosca
as Baron Scarpia
2009
Massenet: Thaïs
as Athanaël
2008
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
as Self - Guest interviewer
2008
Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
as Germont
2008
Don Giovanni
as Don Giovanni
2006
A Mozart Gala from Salzburg
as Self
2006
Doktor Faust
as Doktor Faust
2006
La traviata
as Giorgio Germont
2005
Parsifal
as Amfortas
2005
Verdi La Traviata
as Germont
2005
Parsifal's Progress
as Self / Amfortas
2005
Thomas Hampson: Voices of Our Time
as Self
2004
What the Universe Tells Me
as Self
2004
Simon Boccanegra
as Simon Boccanegra
2002
Wonderful Town
2002
Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings
as Self
2001
Macbeth
as Macbeth
2001
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as Self
1996
Verdi: Don Carlos
as Rodrigue, Marquis of Posa
1996
The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera
as Valmont
1994
On the Town
as Gabey
1993
A Village Romeo And Juliet
as The Dark Fidler (voice)
1986
