Hampsong Foundation

Exactly, the three solo albums plus the Monteverdi.

And then in 2005 comes this very famous Traviata moment in Salzburg with Anna and Thomas Hampson.

I mean, that production takes a life on its own, you know, like it went everywhere.

It's like...

... for, uh, Nixon in China especially.

I think it's amazing to be able to have the US premiere, uh, the US debuts of, of, of Thomas Hampson and Renée Fleming in these roles that they've given to Europe, and I know they're doing it La Scala as well.

So how wonderful to be able to bring it to the, to Washington National Opera as well.

And I know that, a- and I know that they've also been big supporters of the company as well throughout the years, so that's important.

I think we don't spend a lot of time thinking about song in most of our arts institutions today, the art song, and there are some...

There happen to be, at this point in time, a whole host of great American singers, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Dawn Upshaw, Tom Hampson, who are absolute leading proponents of song, and we'd love to have more of that at the Kennedy Center.

So there's a whole lot to be done.

Thank you for coming.