Anthony Roth Costanzo, Anthony Léon, Nadine Sierra & Elena Villalón Added Richard Tucker Gala Lineup

The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced the addition of four more artists to its 2024 gala, scheduled for Oct. 27, 2024. The artists include Anthony Roth Costanzo, Anthony Léon, Nadine Sierra, and Elena Villalón. They join a lineup that includes Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges, Stephen Costello, Michael Fabiano, Ryan Speedo Green, Quinn Kelsey, and Rachel Willis-Sørensen. The soloists will be {…}

May 10, 2024

Richard Tucker Foundation Announces 2024 Career & Study Grant Recipients

The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced the Career and Study grant. The foundation noted that Anthony Léon, Luke Sutliff, and Elena Villalón have been selected recipients of the 2024 Richard Tucker Career Grant. Recipients receive unrestricted grants of $10,000 each. Sutliff and were previously awarded the 2022 Sara Tucker Study Grant. They join past Career Grant recipients Leah Hawkins, Aryeh Nussbaum {…}

Nov 2, 2023

Richard Tucker Music Foundation 2023 Review: 48th Annual Gala Concert

On October 29, 2023, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation presented their 48th annual gala concert at Carnegie Hall. Over the decades, the foundation has provided support, training, and performance opportunities to some of opera’s most promising stars, many of whom have gone on to share their gifts with audiences around the world. This year’s concert saw a number of departures {…}

Oct 12, 2023

Liv Redpath Joins Richard Tucker Gala

Liv Redpath is set to perform at the Richard Tucker Gala on Oct. 29. The Tucker Foundation announced the news via social media stating, “We are thrilled to share that soprano Liv Redpath will be sharing the stage with us this month for our annual Gala on October 29 at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall! We can’t {…}

Sep 18, 2023

Richard Tucker Foundation Announces 2023 Gala, Which Spotlights Past Winners

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation has announced its annual gala, which is set to take place on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023 at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. While the gala usually honors a winner every year, this event will spotlight such past winners and grant recipients as Ben Bliss, Stephen Costello, Michael Fabiano, Susan Graham, Quinn {…}

Nov 21, 2022

Review: Richard Tucker Gala 2022

Photos: Dario Acosta The Richard Tucker Award and Gala came back in full force after two years with no awards. A galaxy of operatic stars was on hand for the event held in the newly renovated David Geffen Hall, which was designed to remedy the venue’s seemingly intractable issue with—of all things—acoustics. (Geffen Hall is the home of the New {…}

Oct 31, 2022

Renée Fleming & Bryn Terfel Join Richard Tucker Gala

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation has announced two additional performers for its Richard Tucker Gala on Nov. 13. The foundation said that American soprano Renée Fleming and Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel will join the evening at the new David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Terfel and Fleming will join 2022 Richard Tucker Award Winner Angel Blue, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, soprano {…}

Sep 8, 2021

Richard Tucker Foundation Postpones October Concert

The Richard Tucker Foundation has postponed its upcoming concert on Oct. 11, 2021, in Lincoln Center. The organization noted that “given the current uncertainty and safety concerns that many of our audience members raised, we do not feel we can comfortably hold an indoor public concert and fundraising event at this time.” The Tucker Foundation also noted that the safety {…}

Jul 20, 2020

David N. Tucker Removed From Richard Tucker Foundation Board After Racist Comments

David Tucker, son of renowned tenor Richard Tucker, has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Richard Tucker Foundation. The foundation made the decision known in the following statement: “The Richard Tucker Music Foundation condemns the hurtful and offensive comments made by one of our Board members, David Tucker. David has been removed from the Richard Tucker Foundation {…}

Jul 19, 2020

Black Opera Alliance Calls for Removal of David N. Tucker from Richard Tucker Foundation Position for Racist Comments

The Black Opera Alliance has called for David Tucker to be removed from his position on the Board of the Richard Tucker Foundation after comments he made on a Facebook group. In an open letter, the Alliance wrote the following: Dear Mr. Peter Carwell, Mr. Jeffrey Manocherian, and the Richard Tucker Music Foundation Boards of Directors, Artists, and Advisors: We {…}

Oct 26, 2019

Opera Quiz: Which Richard Tucker Award Winner Is It?

The Richard Tucker Foundation Gala kicks off one Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. For years, this has become a touchstone event in New York City opera culture. Winners are announced in the spring to great fanfare with the famed fall / winter gala’s lineup among one of the most anticipated announcements of the opera season. In this week’s quiz, we will {…}

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