The Library of Congress honored baritone Thomas Hampson with its Living Legend medal during a concert on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Hampson, with pianist Wolfram Rieger, celebrated the birth anniversaries of Samuel Barber and Gustav Mahler, as well as offering a selection of American favorites.
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Thomas Hampson’s 2010-11 season
Thomas Hampson 2010-11 Season Has Celebrations of Life and Music of Gustav Mahler as Centerpiece, with Baritone Performing Great Austrian Composer’s Music on More than 50 Programs Including Recitals and Concerts with World’s Greatest Orchestras and Conductors
Other Highlights Include Season-Opening Title Role in Verdi’s Macbeth at Lyric Opera of Chicago; New Productions of Verdi’s I Masnadieri and Wagner’s Parsifal at Zurich Opera; George Crumb’s American Songbooks with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York and Washington DC; Performances and World-Premiere Recording of Richard Danielpour’s Songs of Solitude; and World Premiere of William Bolcom’s Laura Sonnets.
Thomas Hampson is now on Twitter
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Thomas Hampson Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
American Baritone Now in Zurich for Production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Following Extraordinarily Busy and Successful String of Concerts and Appearances in New York City
Now celebrating its 230th anniversary, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected baritone Thomas Hampson as one of its new members. A center for independent policy research, the Academy is among the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies, and Hampson is one of 229 leaders in the arts, humanities, sciences, business, and public affairs to be awarded membership this year. The new 2010 members will be inducted at a ceremony on October 9, at the Academy’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hampson Celebrates Frederica von Stade and Marilyn Horne before heading to Europe
Thomas Hampson’s busy spring in New York has come to an end, and he heads off now for performances in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Zurich Opera. Before leaving the city he joined colleagues at a celebration of Frederica von Stade’s remarkable forty-year career on the international stage and starred in the Manhattan School of Music 2010 Concert Gala honoring Marilyn Horne.
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