Thomas Hampson (singer)

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Thomas Hampson, 2014

Thomas Walter Hampson (born June 28, 1955 in Elkhart , Indiana ) is an American opera singer ( baritone ).

Life

Hampson is in Spokane ( Washington grew up). He was a student of Marietta Coyle , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , Martial Singher and Horst Günter , he sings operas, operettas, musicals, oratorios and songs. His repertoire includes title and main roles from operas by Mozart ( Don Giovanni , Le nozze di Figaro , Così fan tutte ), Verdi's ( Don Carlos , La traviata , Macbeth , Simon Boccanegra ) and Tchaikovsky's ( Eugene Onegin ) as well as from works by Gluck ( Iphigénie en Tauride), Wagner ( Parsifal ), Massenet, Strauss ( Arabella ), Busoni, Szymanowski and Lehár ( The Merry Widow ). Thomas Hampson received positive criticism, especially as an interpreter of the great tradition of the art song (Schubert, Schumann, Wolf) as well as less well-known works of song history (Barber, Berlioz, Copland, Ives, Meyerbeer) and the orchestral and piano songs of Gustav Mahler.

In autumn 2003 he set up the Hampsong Foundation , which supports and organizes research projects, symposia, master classes and lecture concerts. He has received various international prizes; he is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music and has been awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .

In 1987 he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He appeared at the Salzburg Festival from 1988. In addition to concerts and numerous recitals, he sang leading roles in the following opera performances: Doctor Faust (Busoni), Król Roger (Szymanowski), Don Carlos (Verdi), Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck), Don Giovanni (Mozart), La traviata (Verdi).

In 2012 Hampson sang the role of Jago in Verdi's Otello and the title role in Hindemith's Mathis der Maler at the Zurich Opera House and at the New York Met Verdi's Macbeth .

Hampson, father of a daughter from his first marriage, has lived with Austrian Andrea Herberstein since 1986 (with interruptions) , in 2014 in New York and Vienna. The two are married to each other. His son-in-law is the Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni .

In 2017 he and Wolfram Rieger were awarded the Hugo Wolf Medal .

Discography (selection)

Awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Thomas Hampson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ That was my salvation , Thomas Hampson in conversation with Herlinde Koelbl , in: weekly newspaper Die Zeit , Hamburg, supplement Zeit-Magazin , No. 9, February 20, 2014, p. 82
  2. ↑ Homage to Thomas Hampson and Wolfram Rieger . Archived from the original on October 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Gold Medal of Honor to Thomas Hampson , August 26, 2013, Salzburg 24
  4. ↑ Heidelberg University press release No. 259/2013 of November 14, 2013: Baritone Thomas Hampson becomes honorary professor at Heidelberg University , accessed on December 4, 2013
  5. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Baritone Thomas Hampson receives ORF media award . Article dated June 15, 2018, accessed June 15, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Hampson, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hampson, Thomas Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Elkhart , Indiana