Jan 16, 2019

Schubert Week at the Pierre Boulez Saal with Thomas Hampson

Expanding on the Schubert Weekend that took place in January 2018, Thomas Hampson returns to the Pierre Boulez Saal for Schubert Week, curated completely by Hampson himself. Kicking off the week will be an all-Schubert recital with Hampson and his longtime collaborator Wolfram Rieger, followed by workshops and a final concert presented to the public with singers from the Festival Akademie of the Heidelberger Frühling.

Jan 10, 2019

Concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Masterclass at Northwestern

Thomas Hampson kicks off the new year returning to Illinois to perform a series of concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and teach a masterclass at Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music. These engagements mark Mr. Hampson’s return to Chicago since the release of his debut album with Cedille Records, “Songs from Chicago”, an album featuring songs by early mid-twentieth-century composers from Chicago.

Dec 01, 2018

Concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Thomas Hampson travels to the Middle East for concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the baton of Vasily Petrenko, he will join the ensemble for nine concerts and perform a recital with Polish pianist Maciej Pikulski.

Nov 11, 2018

Upcoming recording of “Bernstein at 100”

The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood spotlighted Leonard Bernstein’s wide-ranging talents as a composer, his many gifts as a great interpreter and champion of other composers, and his role as inspiration for a new generation of musicians and music lovers across the country and around the globe. This gala concert featured a kaleidoscopic array of artists and ensembles from the worlds of classical music, film, and Broadway, like Mr. Hampson, Audra McDonald, Midori, Yo-Yo Ma, Nadine Sierra, Susan Graham and Isabel Leonard among others.

Nov 01, 2018

Britten’s War Requiem at the Musikverein Wien

On November 18 & 19, Hampson and the ensemble will perform Britten’s War Requiem at the Musikverein Wien. This harrowing work interweaves Latin mass text and text by Wilfred Owen accompanied by the Wiener Sängerknaben and Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien. Hampson shares the stage with star soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, and tenor Werner Güra.

More information and tickets are available via the Calendar page.

Sep 14, 2018

COC debut in world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’

Thomas Hampson makes his highly anticipated debut with the Canadian Opera Company in the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian. Hampson sings the title role in this epic love story, based on the life of the Roman emperor Hadrian, with libretto by Daniel MacIvor. Led by Johannes Debus, the monumental production by Peter Hinton will open the COC’s 68^th season beginning October 13 through October 27.

Sep 10, 2018

Songs from Chicago – new album release

Thomas Hampson makes his album debut with Cedille Records in “Songs from Chicago” featuring music by five composers from the early 20th century all associated with the city of Chicago, including Ernst Bacon, Florence Price, John Alden Carpenter, Margaret Bonds, and Louis Campbell-Tipton. Available September 14, 2018.

Aug 14, 2018

Bernstein Centennial Concert and more at the Tanglewood Festival

Thomas Hampson travels to the Tanglewood Festival this month to celebrate the centennial of his late mentor, Leonard Bernstein, and to perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Aug 01, 2018

“Song of America: Beyond Liberty” Premiere at the Glimmerglass Festival

“At this pivotal time in history, Americas art song literature provides a means of communicating, in the simple beauty of word and music, the truths of a nation born of an ideology whose language celebrates the individual. This language of heart and mind says everything about the culture that created it. And when we sing our own songs, those who hear us will have experienced the best of what freedom of thought and purpose can achieve in the creation of great art.” -Thomas Hampson

Jul 27, 2018

“No Tenors Allowed” Concerts in Grafenegg and Ravinia

Thomas Hampson and Luca Pisaroni head to Austria and the United States for their successful “No Tenors Allowed” concerts this August.

Jul 25, 2018

‘Concert for Peace 1918-2018’ at the Stephansdom

Thomas Hampson travels to Vienna for a special jubilee concert honoring the 100th year since the end of World War I.

On August 2 at the Stephansdom, Hampson will sing with the European Youth Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic Choir under the baton of Manfred Honeck. Additional soloists include bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, soprano Maria Nazarova, soprano Cornelia Horak, mezzo-soprano Iris Vermillion, and speaker Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz.

The program will include music by Holst, Górecki, Respighi, Schubert, Haydn, Mahler, Bruckner, Boulanger, and Mahler. Artistic director and conductor Manfred Honeck asked at the beginning of rehearsals with the European Youth Orchestra, “More than 70 years of peace – do we and our youth in Europe know what that means?” With this concert, the ensemble hopes to commemorate the lives that were lost in this life-changing war and the peace that has continued through Europe for the past 100 years.

Jul 08, 2018

‘Tosca’ in Munich and a recital in Toblach

This month, Thomas Hampson will make appearances at the Munich Opera Festival in Puccini’s Tosca, and he will perform a recital with his longtime colleague, pianist Wolfram Rieger, in Toblach.