Girl with a Pearl Earring
Thomas Hampson stars as Jan Vermeer in Stefan Wirth’s world premiere of "Girl with a Pearl Earring” at Opernhaus Zürich.
OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH
Performances: April 3 - May 8, 2022.
Mahler Month
Interactive course | April 5 – 26, 2022
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Meet Thomas Hampson and special guests including Marina Mahler, Jamie Bernstein, Mahler-biographer Jens Malte Fischer, and musicologist Morten Solvik and join them on an in-depth exploration of Mahler’s works through his songs.
Thomas Hampson, America’s foremost baritone, hails from Spokane, Washington. He has received many honors and awards for his probing artistry and cultural leadership. He enjoys a singular international career as an opera singer, recording artist, and “ambassador of song,” maintaining an active interest in research, education, musical outreach, and technology. Comprising more than 150 albums, his discography includes winners of a Grammy Award, five Edison Awards, and the Grand Prix du Disque. Through the Hampsong Foundation which he founded in 2003 he employs the art of song to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding.
Guiding audiences through centuries of stories using personal anecdotes, historical monologues, and readings of his favorite poetry, Thomas Hampson shares in celebrating America’s history of song with audiences of all ages.
Developed with stage director Francesca Zambello and writer Royce Vavrek, the Song of America: Beyond Liberty tour will travel to all 50 states, as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Thomas Hampson enjoys a singular international career as an opera singer, recording artist and “ambassador of song,” maintaining an active interest in research, education, musical outreach and technology.
Through the Hampsong Foundation, which he founded in 2003, he employs the art of song to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding.
Working with premiere international venues, festivals, and schools, Thomas Hampson is guiding the next generation of young artists through in-person master classes, distance learning, workshops, seminars, and collaborative performances.
Annual engagements include events at the Heidelberger Frühling (Heidelberg Spring Music Festival), Manhattan School of Music, and Berlin's Boulez Saal.
Waiblingen
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Melanie Diener, soprano
Vlad Iftinca, conductor
Brussels
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Michael Schønwandt, conductor
VERDI: Divertissements for “Nabucco”
MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony no. 4, op. 36
We head to Rome for the inaugural academy of Opera for Peace, the emerging artist programme which aims to level the playing field for emerging opera singers from all countries, backgrounds and circumstances. We meet four of their emerging singers and learn how they are applying what they learned, approaching...
Rondo Magazin Jedes Jahr unterrichtet Weltstar Thomas Hampson hier junge Sänger im Operngesang. Wir haben mit ihm gesprochen. RONDO: Herr Hampson, Waiblingen unweit von Stuttgart, das dürfte ein Mekka der Maultaschen sein. Gut für die Stimme? Thomas Hampson: Berechtigte Frage. Entscheidend und wichtig...
Thomas Hampson heads to Maryland to perform Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, led by Thomas Søndergård. The first performance on September 24 will take place at Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, and the second on September 25 at Joseph Meyerhoff...
Thomas Hampson joins Music Director and longtime colleague Daniel Hope for the opening of New Century Chamber Orchestra’s 30th Anniversary Season on September 16, 17, & 18 at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco, CA. The program features a gripping musical radio drama that will transport you...