Richard Tucker

Radames

Cavaradossi

Richard Tucker in

Interview

In RA format

Richard Tucker sings

Yir'u eineinu (Secunda)

In RA format

Richard Tucker sings

Ya-aleh (Secunda)

In RA format

Richard Tucker as a cantor... while I fully agree about classifying him as a do nothing tenor IN OPERA, it's interestingly completely different in cantorial music. He's fascinating there, one of the best cantors ever.

Richard Tucker sings Il trovatore:

Di quella pira 1

Richard Tucker sings Il trovatore:

Di quella pira 2

In RA format

Richard Tucker sings Andrea Chénier:

Come un bel dì di maggio

Richard Tucker sings

L'Africaine: Deh! ch'io ritorni

Richard Tucker sings

La Gioconda: Enzo Grimaldo, principe di Santafior, with Robert Merrill

Richard Tucker sings

Rigoletto: La donna è mobile

In RA format

Richard Tucker sings

Simon Boccanegra: Sento avvampar nell'anima

In RA format

Richard Tucker sings

Turandot: Nessun dorma

Repertory
La Gioconda – New York, Met, 25 January 1945
La traviata – New York, Met, 15 December 1945
Rigoletto (Act 3) – New York, Met, 27 January 1946
Boris Godunov – New York, Met, 21 November 1946
Rigoletto – New York, Met, 7 February 1947
Madama Butterfly – New York, Met, 2 March 1947
La bohème – New York, Met, 22 November 1947
Un ballo in maschera – New York, Met, 10 December 1947
Cavalleria rusticana – Cleveland, Met tour, 14 May 1948
Lucia di Lammermoor – New York, Met, 14 January 1949
Simon Boccanegra – New York, Met, 28 November 1949
Manon Lescaut – New York, Met, 26 Decemebr 1949
Tosca – New York, Met, 11 February 1950
Die Zauberflöte – New York, Met, 25 November 1950
Don Carlo – New York, Met, 2 December 1950
Die Fledermaus – New York, Met, 20 December 1950
Faust – New York, Met, 14 January 1951
Così fan tutte – New York, Met, 28 December 1951
Carmen – New York, Met, 31 January 1952
La forza del destino – New York, Met, 10 November 1952
Andrea Chénier – New York, Met, 23 December 1954
Les contes d'Hoffmann – New York, Met, 14 November 1955
Evgenij Onegin – New York, Met, 28 October 1957
Martha – New York, Met, 26 January 1961
La fanciulla del West – New York, Met, 23 October 1961
Turandot – New York, Met,4 November 1961
Il trovatore – New York, Met, 11 December 1963
La Juive – New York, Carnegie Hall, 12 March 1964
Aida – New York, Met, 2 January 1965
Luisa Miller – New York, Met, 8 February 1968
Pagliacci – New York, Met, 8 January 1970
Samson et Dalila – New York, Met, 10 December 1971
L'Africaine – New York, Carnegie Hall 20 March 1972

I wish to thank Robert Schlesinger for the recordings (Ya-aleh, Yir'u eineinu) and notes.

I would like to thank Thomas Silverbörg for the recordings (Africaine, Chénier, Rigoletto, Gioconda, Boccanegra, Trovatore, Interview) and for the picture in Tosca.

Reference: Museo teatrale: Richard Tucker, il tenore del Metropolitan di New York, Milano 27 aprile–1 giugno 1991.

Reference : James A. Drake: "Richard Tucker. A biography" E. P. Dutton, New York, 1984.

I would like to thank Juan Dzazópulos for several corrections and addenda.

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