THOMAS HAMPSON, the American baritone who has been making such a good impression in lyric roles at the Metropolitan Opera recently, came to Alice Tully Hall Sunday afternoon with an interestingly chosen program of Haydn (English canzonets), Meyerbeer, Debussy and a series of songs based on ''Des Knaben Wunderhorn,'' one of the folk anthologies that redirected German poetry in the 18th century. Geoffrey Parsons accompanied with fluent, easy authority; Mr. Hampson sang with elegance and intelligence. It was a satisfying recital.

It is clear (perhaps, now and then, a touch too clear) that long observation of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's art has guided Mr. Hampson's stylistic formation, and probably also his technique. He has an unusually fine control of the head voice (at one point in Meyerbeer's ''Poete Mourant'' he made a spectacularly even diminuendo somewhere around top F), and his voice is most beautiful at the softer dynamics. If he can make his legato line more consistent - improve the continuous, easy flow of tone - this technical capacity might be turned to wonderful effect in his Italian opera roles.

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