Children’s songs – dance songs – satirical songs. Among Mahler’s early songs for voice and piano is a number of nursery songs, including variants in the form of dance songs and satirical songs. Some of them were actually written for children – those of Marion von Weber in Leipzig. But { … }

Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung Songs for voice with orchestral accompaniment Texte der Orchesterfassungen Texts to the Orchestra Versions DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN BD. 1 & 2 Translation © 2002, Dr. Renate Stark-Voit and Thomas Hampson This project was funded by the Hampsong Foundation. 1. Rheinlegendchen (1893) 2. Verlorne Müh’! { … }

Thomas Hampson has the rare distinction of being an acclaimed master performer and also an esteemed scholar and pedagogue in the fields of both opera and song. The eclectic range of his repertoire in both genres is exceptionally wide, comprising over 80 roles in Italian, German, French, English, American, Russian and { … }

The late, legendary baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has a unique position in the history of musical interpretation. In a singing career of 45 years, he in particular exerted a virtually unprecedented influence on the performance of lieder, making a profoundly lasting impact on international singers and accompanists and holding audiences spellbound { … }

The great, virtuoso mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne first made a major international impact in opera when Igor Stravinsky invited her to perform at the Venice Festival in 1956. Despite this she insisted on spending three further years advancing her technique and widening her stylistic knowledge in the German repertory opera company { … }

Under the artistic direction of Thomas Hampson, and with the contribution of such prominent artists – and fellow song enthusiasts – as Hartmutt Höll, Graham Johnson, Ian Bostridge, Brigitte Fassbaender, Thomas Quasthoff and Wolfram Rieger, among others, the Academy transforms the German city of Heidelberg into an international meeting point { … }

Master class with Thomas Hampson Gustav Mahler’s “Revelge”   William Goforth, Tenor Wolfram Rieger, Klavier