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

• 2023John Adams: Nixon in China — Richard Nixon
• 2020Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata" — Germont
• 2020Hadrian — Hadrian
• 2019Tosca - Wiener Staatsoper — Baron Scarpia
• 2017The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata — Giorgio Germont
• 2016The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann — Four Villans
• 2015Le Roi Arthus - Bastille — Arthus
• 2015The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann — Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dappertutto
• 2014Arabella — Mandryka
• 2013Verdi - Don Carlo — Rodrigo, Marquis de Posa
• 2013Verdi: Don Carlo — Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa
• 2011Of Love, Death, and Beyond: Exploring Mahler's Resurrection Symphony — Narrator
• 2009Royal Opera House: La Traviata — Giorgio Germont
• 2009Tosca — Baron Scarpia
• 2008Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming — Germont
• 2008Thaïs - Metropolitan Opera — Athanaël
• 2006Doktor Faust — Doktor Faust
• 2006Don Giovanni — Don Giovanni
• 2005La traviata — Giorgio Germont
• 2005Parsifal — Amfortas
• 2005Verdi La Traviata — Germont
• 2002Simon Boccanegra — Simon Boccanegra
• 2002Wonderful Town
• 2001Macbeth — Macbeth
• 1996Verdi: Don Carlos — Rodrigue, Marquis of Posa
• 1994The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera — Valmont
• 1993On the Town — Gabey
• 1986A Village Romeo And Juliet — The Dark Fidler (voice)
• Great Performances — Valmont, Self

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2018Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood — Self - Baritone
• 2017Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty — Self
• 2016Amours divins ! — Self - Chanteur
• 2015Meeting of the stars — Self
• Meisterwerke der Klassik — Self
• 2009Rossini: La Cenerentola — Self - Host
• 2009Thomas Hampson Sings Schumann — Self
• 2008La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera — Self - Guest interviewer
• 2006A Mozart Gala from Salzburg — Self
• 2005Parsifal's Progress — Self / Amfortas
• 2004Thomas Hampson: Voices of Our Time — Self
• 2004What the Universe Tells Me — Self
• 2001Fly, Thought, on Golden Wings — Self
• 1996Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary — Self
• ZDF-Mittagsmagazin — Self
• Le monde est à vous — Self