But in this century, audiences have grown accustomed to hearing "Don Giovanni," which Mozart wrote for a baritone, sung by lower voices, from the legendary Cesare Siepi to today's talented Samuel Ramey -- men with the vocal heft to penetrate the recesses of the 3,800-seat Metropolitan Opera. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. (Photo by SHAUN MADER/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images), 6340757583564612502232847_35_ahampsonthomahampson_042210.jpg, 2400 x 3600 px (8.00 x 12.00 in) - 300 dpi - 1 MB. In January 1994, Hampson made his debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, singing Mahler and Copland, and conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. He also sang in the 25th Anniversary Gala of the Metropolitan Opera, which was recorded live for video/CDV. ", Hampson is by inclination a traditionalist when it comes to opera staging -- "I'm not interested in 'Boheme' on motorcycles," he remarks -- and he is wary of reading too much into a character unless it is justified by the score and libretto. Part of the reason is the sheer visceral excitement of the tenor voice -- a novel sound, compared with the normal male speaking voice, and one fraught with risk, since it encompasses more forays over the treacherous "break" between vocal registers than a baritone. [2], Hampson's diverse and expansive discography has earned him an Edison Award for Lifetime Achievement, four Edison Awards, four Echo prizes, numerous VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Gramophone Awards, and Grand Prix du Disque, as well as six Grammy Award nominations, and one Grammy Award. ", Above all, Hampson feels he is able to bring more to a role than he could 10 years ago, and not just because of the inevitable maturation. That year also saw the debut of the Song of America radio series, co-produced by the Hampsong Foundation and the WFMT Radio Network of Chicago. [59] Hampson continued activities in the Mahler community, performing in over 50 concerts of Mahler's music in 2011 in honor of the centennial of Mahler's death. 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. That year, he continued to add to his repertoire with performances including Il barbiere di Siviglia at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Met, his debut in the role of Posa in Verdi's Don Carlo in Zrich, the title role in Henze's Der Prinz von Homburg, and Chorebe in Les Troyens by Berlioz at the Metropolitan Opera. In 1981, he began working as contract singer, first at the Dusseldorf Opera, then at the the Zurich Opera, gaining valuable experience and poise. The next years brought performances in many of the world's most important concert venues (including Avery Fisher Hall, Barbican Centre, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Royal Albert Hall, Thtre du Chtelet), opera houses (including Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Vienna State Opera) and festivals (Mostly Mozart Festival, Maggio Musicale, the Salzburg Festival), where Hampson performed with some of the world's most renowned pianists (incl. But now, in a makeshift dressing room where he must change costumes in three minutes between scenes, the swaggering Don is nowhere in sight. In 2007, Hampson returned to Simon Boccanegra at the Met. Engagements during this time also included those with companies in Hamburg, Cologne, and Vienna, and his 1984 London recital debut at Wigmore Hall. [34], In February 2001, he sang Amfortas in Wagner's Parsifal at the Paris Opera and the Royal Opera House in London, took a four-month recital tour across Europe and the U.S., performing with Vladimir Jurowski and Franz Welser-Mst.[35]. When he wakes and finds himself stranded on the shores of what appears to be a strange country, he stands and surveys the deserted coastline in an almost dreamlike state. When he visits his parents, now divorced, he notes: "Dad and Tom play golf, and Mom and Tom play canasta and my career is left at the door. Er lernte Andrea Grfin Herberstein (57) im Jahr 1986 kennen, sie lie . 1993 also saw the beginning of Hampson's institutional involvement in the classical world, when he gave a series of master classes at the Tanglewood Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts. [25] Additionally, he was inducted as an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London in June. In 1991, Hampson opened the New York Philharmonic season in a Live from Lincoln Center telecast, singing Aaron Copland's Old American Songs in a performance conducted by Kurt Masur. His eldest daughter Catherine is married to singer Luca Pisaroni, to whom she was introduced by her father. Vienna Acoustics, an Austrian music company, named one of their speakers "The Hampson Edition. He can walk into a party, demand attention, and everyone falls in love with him.". "Every time I'm presented to the public as someone who sells tickets," he says, "the more naked I become and the more concerned I get because" -- he lowers his voice, with feeling -- "I don't want to let anyone down.". [55] In November, Hampson launched www.songofamerica.net, an interactive database that details the culture and history of American Song and re-embarked on his "Song of America" tour, holding 13 recitals between July 2009 and February 2010. Grfing Herberstein has three children from an earlier marriage. Hampson also cemented his role as an American musical fixture, first by serving as Artistic Director, Creative Consultant, and Performer on the PBS production "Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing," and next by winning EMI's Artist of the Year Award. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniele Gatti, Vladimir Jurowski, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Franz Welser-Mst). Why do people say that forever is not altogether real in love and relationship. , money, salary, income, and assets. What type of electrical charge does a proton have? where he lives with no less than the Countess Andrea Herberstein. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. That year also saw the debut of the Song of America radio series, co-produced by the Hampsong Foundation and the WFMT Radio Network of Chicago. In addition to his performance schedule, much of Hampson's modern career has centered on music scholarship and education. [17] 1993 also saw the beginning of Hampson's institutional involvement in the classical world, when he gave a series of master classes at the Tanglewood Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts. [43] That year, he also launched his website, www.thomashampson.com. Because his parents were Seventh-day Adventists, he attended church-affiliated schools in the Spokane area until college. [5] He has one daughter, Meghan, from his first marriage, which ended in divorce in 1986. He sang the title role in Henze's Der Prinz von Homburg in Darmstadt, Germany, and Guglielmo, in a Jonathan Miller production of Cos fan tutte at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, which brought him significant attention in the United States. Indeed, last spring, he was "covering" the role of Giovanni for Samuel Ramey at the Metropolitan; when the contract was written in 1986, he wasn't bookable in the title role. ), While it is not unusual for opera superstars to cancel performances if more tempting offers arise, up-and-coming young singers are usually more cautious, particularly when a debut with a prominent house is involved. [56] He also appeared in a trouble-ridden production of La traviata that year, under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, who later removed himself from the production. In "[4], Born in Elkhart, Indiana, Hampson has two older sisters, with whom he sang in church as a child. And part of it reflects the unfortunate tendency of composers to cast baritones as the bad guys (Iago in Verdi's "Otello" is the most famous example) or as solid, supporting characters: the soprano's spurned suitor or the tenor's best friend. "I don't think," he says, "that I could portray an emotion on stage that I couldn't experience in real life. In 1990, Hampson released his first solo recital album on Teldec titled Des Knaben Wunderhorn, in collaboration with Geoffrey Parsons. He then embarked on a five-month tour that led him to over twenty cities, featuring recitals debuts in Reutlingen, State College, Washington, D.C., Iowa City, Fort Worth, Quebec, and Buffalo, New York. For a baritone, he is also a huge success. The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. The same year, he released a Cole Porter tribute album on EMI/Angel. . Under the artistic direction of Hampson, and with the contribution of prominent visiting artists, such as Graham Johnson, Brigitte Fassbaender and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the Academy each year transforms the German city into an international meeting point for the Lied.[68]. He had begun appearing professionally with the Spokane Symphony and other Washington-based organizations. That year was also the 50th anniversary of the Vienna State Opera's reopening, and Hampson was invited to sing at a gala in the venue's honor. exclaims the baritone, obviously touchy on the subject. tax evasion, and misuse of government subsidies; she was sentenced 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. Last year, we did "Cosi" at the Met, and it was gratifying to look at each other with a twinkle in our eyes -- realizing that the boy from Spokane and the boy from Peoria, Ill., had achieved their dreams. SWEAT TRICKLES DOWN Thomas Hampson's face as he wriggles out of his striped leather doublet and collapses into a folding chair. Thomas Hampson with his wife Andrea Herberstein HOME POPULAR POSTS DANCE MUSIC & OPERA PHOTOGRAPHY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS DANCERS SINGERS MY PHOTOS CONTACT Thomas Hampson with his wife Andrea Herberstein 6 May 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment Thomas Hampson with his wife Andrea Herberstein Subscribe Login {} [+] 0 Comments SUBSCRIBE CATEGORIES FOLLOW Dr. Andrea Thompson, MD is a Cardiology Specialist in Ann Arbor, MI. Bei kommerzieller Verwendung sowie fr verkaufsfrdernde Zwecke kontaktieren Sie bitte Ihr. "In some ways," says the soprano Karen Beardsley, who grew up in Spokane and who was close friends with Hampson during her teens, "Tom is Giovanni. On a dramatic level, Hampson deftly conveys the psychological shifts underlying the character's various physical transformations -- a weary hero disguised as a white-haired old beggar one moment; a triumphant warrior in full armor the next. Organize, control, distribute and measure all of your digital content. His voice never overpowers the music, and there is always a sense of a genuine emotional connection to the material. Hampson is married to Andrea Herberstein, and has 3 step-children from her. after their living together for a couple of decades. . Countess Andrea Herberstein, in a dress she designed herself and sewn by Viennese seamstress Marlene Luppi, attends the Diamond Soiree Gala, as part. . Andrea Herberstein, Thomas Hampson's american secret wife, is now free, she was not incercerated but served the sentence with house arrest and electronic control (Fussfessel) for seven. We have estimated An important future date will be his La Scala debut as Ford in "Falstaff" in 1993. [61] In 2013, he recorded Verdi's Simon Boccanegra for Decca Classics, with costars Kristine Opolais and Joseph Calleja. . Thomas Hampson, Andrea Herberstein, Teresa Medearis, Gary Garabedian and Karen Kubin attend 2013 CONSERVATORY GALA Honoring THOMAS HAMPSON on April 20th 2013 in San Francisco, CA. That year, he continued to add to his repertoire with performances including Il barbiere di Siviglia at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Met, his debut in the role of Posa in Verdi's Don Carlo in Zrich, the title role in Hans Werner Henze's Der Prinz von Homburg, and Chorbe in Les Troyens at the Met. The tenor Jerry Hadley, who also starred in that production, believes that he and Hampson "were in a sense born as artists" at that point. [30] In February he teamed up with Jerry Hadley, Cheryl Studer, and Craig Rutenberg to perform I Hear America Singing at the Barbican Centre in London. I am truly, forgive me, God, jealous of people who are so musically able. In 1986, he was invited to audition for Leonard Bernstein, which led to Hampson's participation in the 1987 semi-staged performance of Puccini's La bohme in Rome, led by Bernstein, and, soon after, their legendary performances with the Vienna Philharmonic of Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder (1988), Rckert-Lieder (1990) and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1990). In "abject disgust" over his own minor deficiencies, he is brushing up his Italian in preparation for the title role of Monteverdi's rarely staged opera "The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland," at the San Francisco Opera. VIENNA, AUSTRIA - MAY 31: Opera singer Thomas Hampson and his wife Andrea Herberstein, Alexa Wesner (US Embassadress) and her husband Blaine Wesner attend the Life Ball 2014 after show party at City Hall on May 31, 2014 in Vienna, Austria. Hier knnen Sie Inhalte sammeln, auswhlen und Anmerkungen zu Ihren Dateien hinterlegen. The mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, who sings Penelope in the production, calls Hampson "a wonderful artist." [15] The year included many notable performances, including: the Rossini 200th birthday gala at Avery Fisher Hall, the title role in Britten's Billy Budd at the Met, the Count in Le nozze di Figaro at Florence's Maggio Musicale conducted by Zubin Mehta, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with Daniel Barenboim at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and two performances of Schumann's Dichterliebe: one in Geneva and the other in his first recital at Carnegie Hall.[16]. Concurrently, Hampson earned a BFA in Voice Performance at Fort Wright College under the tutelage of Sister Marietta Coyle. By all accounts, he is work-obsessed with an incredible mind for details and a greater interest in the business side of his career than many of his colleagues.