In two sessions, Thomas Hampson shares with the Academy’s singers the insights gained from a career spanning over forty years and more than eighty roles, from Mozart’s Don Giovanni to Posa in *Don Carlo*. An international authority on the Lied, he focuses on the sung word: how the text generates color, how a musical phrase becomes a thought. With over 150 recordings and a Grammy to his credit, he offers young performers the tools to combine stylistic rigor with expressive freedom in repertoires that demand intelligence as well as vocal skill.​