Thomas Hampson

Thomas Hampson tours with “Song of America”, and Sings Brahms and Dvorák in Pittsburgh
After his successful first-time collaboration with Gustavo Dudamel at the Los Angeles Philharmonic earlier this month, baritone Thomas Hampson takes to the road with a recital program based on his “Song of America” project, featuring music by American composers including Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and Charles Ives. Accompanied by pianists Vlad Iftinca and Warren Jones, Hampson sings at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (Jan 22), and in Clinton, MS (Jan 24), Nashville, TN (Jan 26), and Sarasota, FL (Jan 30). He then teams up with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Brahms’s A German Requiem and Dvorák’s Biblical Songs (Feb 3–5).

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As Thomas Hampson’s “Song of America” Radio Series Takes Off, Baritone Returns to US for Concerts, Recitals and First Met Macbeth

As his 13-week “Song of America” radio series fans out successfully across the American airwaves, Thomas Hampson returns to the US for a series of high-profile concerts, recitals and a company role debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, all featuring signature repertoire. He begins by collaborating for the first time with Gustavo Dudamel, with whom he will perform Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Jan 13-15). “Song of America” recitals, with pianist Craig Rutenberg, follow at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (Jan 22), and in Clinton, MS (Jan 24), Nashville, TN (Jan 26) and Sarasota, FL (Jan 30). Hampson then teams up with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Brahms’s Requiem and Dvorák’s Bible Songs (Feb 3-5), before heading to New York for his company role debut as Verdi’s Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera (six performances March 15 – April 9).

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The Metropolitan Opera Guild honors Thomas Hampson, one of today’s foremost singers, with a new installment in its “Mastersingers” series. “Met Mastersingers: Thomas Hampson” takes place on March 22, 2012 at New York City’s Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, and it presents the great American baritone – who makes his company role debut as Verdi’s Macbeth at the Met on March 15 – in an informal conversation with Paul Gruber, the Guild’s Executive Director of Program Development. The evening program will include video excerpts of Hampson’s most celebrated performances, a new video biography created for the occasion, and the honoree performing some of his favorite songs. Details follow below.

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Zurich Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Otello, which opens today and is directed by Graham Vick, will feature Thomas Hampson in his role debut as the scheming and sinister Iago. It is one of Verdi’s most demanding roles, both vocally and dramatically, and Hampson is thrilled for the opportunity to add this disturbing and complex character to his repertoire: “I have been excited for some time to sing my first Iago, and am thrilled to be doing it at one of my favorite opera houses in the world, the Zurich Opera. I cherish deeply the depth, complexity and inherent musicality of everything Giuseppe Verdi wrote. It is always such an honor to perform anything by this master.”

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