Thomas Hampson
Born: 1955-06-28 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2023
- John Adams: Nixon in China as Richard Nixon
2020
- Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata" as Germont
- Hadrian as Hadrian
2019
- Puccini: Tosca (Wiener Staatsoper Live) as Baron Scarpia
2018
- Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood as Self - Baritone
2017
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata as Giorgio Germont
- Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty as Self
2016
- Amours divins ! as Self - Chanteur
- The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann as Four Villans
2015
- Meeting of the stars as Self
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann as Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dappertutto
- Le Roi Arthus - Bastille as Arthus
2014
- Arabella as Mandryka
2013
- Verdi: Don Carlo as Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
- Verdi - Don Carlo as Rodrigo, Marquis de Posa
2012
- Meisterwerke der Klassik as Self
2011
2009
- Tosca as Baron Scarpia
- Royal Opera House: La Traviata as Giorgio Germont
- Rossini: La Cenerentola as Self - Host
- Thomas Hampson Sings Schumann as Self
2008
- Massenet: Thaïs as Athanaël
- Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust as Self - Guest interviewer
- Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming as Germont
2006
- Don Giovanni as Don Giovanni
- Doktor Faust as Doktor Faust
- A Mozart Gala from Salzburg as Self
2005
- La traviata as Giorgio Germont
- Parsifal as Amfortas
- Verdi La Traviata as Germont
- Parsifal's Progress as Self / Amfortas
2004
- Thomas Hampson: Voices of Our Time as Self
- What the Universe Tells Me as Self
2002
- Wonderful Town
- Simon Boccanegra as Simon Boccanegra
2001
- Macbeth as Macbeth
- Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings as Self
1996
- Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary as Self
- Verdi: Don Carlos as Rodrigue, Marquis of Posa
1994
- The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera as Valmont
1993
- On the Town as Gabey
1989
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin as Self
1987
- Le monde est à vous as Self
1986
- A Village Romeo And Juliet as The Dark Fidler (voice)
1971
- Great Performances as Valmont