Thomas Hampson

Walter Thomas 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 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, and was named a "living Legend" by the Librarian James Billington. Hampson's diverse and expansive discography has earned him an Edison Award for Lifetime Achievement, four Edison Awards, four Echo prizes, numerous VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Gramophone Awards, and Grand Prix du Disque, as well as six Grammy Award nominations, and one Grammy Award. Vienna Acoustics, an Austrian music company, named one of their speakers "The Hampson Edition." Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf once said of her student, "[Thomas Hampson is] the best singer in Europe right now."

Barber: Vanessa - 2026-05-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Songs - 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Songs - 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Liszt: Orchestral Songs - 2023-04-28T00:00:00.000000Z

O'Regan: The Phoenix - 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Schumann with Martha Argerich - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Songs from Chicago - 2018-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Songs from Chicago - 2018-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Serenade - 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius, Op.38 - 2017-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tides of Life - 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs - 2016-10-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs - 2016-10-14T00:00:00.000000Z

The Cellist of Venice - 2016-08-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 - 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Rossini: Guillaume Tell (Live) - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Rossini: Guillaume Tell (Live) - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Thomas Hampson: A Portrait (Inspiration) - 2014-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Songs By Richard Strauss - Notturno - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bernstein: On The Town - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Thomas: Hamlet - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

On the Cutting Edge: New Music from CONTACT! - 2010-08-31T00:00:00.000000Z

An American New Year’s Eve - 2010-03-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Daugherty: Letters From Lincoln - 2010-01-26T00:00:00.000000Z

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