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b. 1955 American baritone Regarded by many as the outstanding lyric baritone of his generation, Hampson has appeared regularly at the Vienna State Opera and the Met, and his repertoire encompasses Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Rossini’s William Tell, Verdi’s Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra, Thomas’ Hamlet and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. He is an acclaimed singer of German Lieder ...

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• High Romantic
• Opera

Malcolm is crowned king. Recommended Recording: Macbeth, Zürich Opera; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor; TDK DV-OPMAC (DVD Region 0, PAL); Soloists: Paoletta Marrocu (Lady Macbeth), Luis Lima (Macduff), Thomas Hampson (Macbeth), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Banquo) Personalities | Giuseppe Verdi | High Romantic | Opera ...

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V, Hamlet and Richard III) in fact prepared the way for his unfashionably Romantic opera Troilus and Cressida (1954). Recommended Recording: Symphony No. 1, Belshazzar’s Feast, Thomas Hampson, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, CBSO & Chorus (cond) Sir Simon Rattle (EMI/Warner) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Anton Webern | Modern Era | Classical ...

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by Mozart, Verdi and Puccini. He both sang in and directed the Covent Garden premiere of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra in 1965. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Thomas Hampson | Contemporary | Classical ...

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, they have not occupied an empty stage. While the United States produced such fine baritones as Robert Merrill (1917–2004), Sherrill Milnes (b. 1935) and, more recently, Thomas Hampson (b. 1950), the former Soviet Union nurtured two of the most exciting singers to be heard today, Sergei Leiferkus (b. 1946) and Dmitri Hvorostovsky (b. 1962). In Britain the ...