This article is about the American baritone. For other uses, see Thomas Hampson (disambiguation).
Hampson in June 2014
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[1] – and, with his "Song of America" project collaboration with the Library of Congress, has become known as the "ambassador" of American song.[2]
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."[3]
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf once said of her student, "[Thomas Hampson is] the best singer in Europe right now."[4]
^"Thomas Hampson". Los Angeles Philharmonic. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^"About The Library of Congress Song of America Project". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^"Singing By Radar". VAN Magazine. March 1, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
^Stearns, David Patrick (December 9, 1995). "The Schwarzkopf File". Opera News. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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