LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER
RICHARD TUCKER OPERA GALA
A NEW CENTURY
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 @ 11:00PM
The superb American tenor, Richard Tucker, died in Kalamazoo, Michigan in January, 1975 while on a concert tour with his great friend, the baritone Robert Merrill.
Within the year his widow and sons created the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, a “non-profit cultural organization dedicated to perpetuating the artistic legacy of the great American tenor through the support and advancement of the careers of talented American opera singers.” Hundreds of young American singers have benefitted from this support, and each year the Foundation singles out an extraordinary young singer for The Richard Tucker Award in recognition of having “reached a high level of artistic accomplishment and who, in the opinion of a conferral panel, is on the threshold of a major international career.” (2 Hours)
