Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker was an American tenor, one of the major Metropolitan Opera singers of the twentieth century. He was especially associated with Italian and French repertory, and with a long, distinguished Met career.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Verdi, Puccini and Johann Strauss, including recordings with Maria Callas, Lily Pons, John Brownlee and other major artists.
Tucker’s singing combined bright tone, stamina and a...
VERDI Aïda
Studio recording, 1955
Total duration: 2hr 24:40
Maria Callas - Aïda
Richard Tucker - Radamès
Fedora Barbieri - Amneris
Tito Gobbi - Amonasro
Giuseppe Modesti - Ramfis
Nicola Zaccaria - Il re d'Egitto
Elvira Galassi - Una sacerdotessa
Franco Ricciardi - Un messaggero
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 1hr 55:34
Joan Sutherland - Lucia
Richard Tucker - Edgardo
Frank Guarrera - Enrico
Nicola Moscona - Raimondo
Robert Nagy - Normanno
Thelma Votipka - Alisa
Charles Anthony - Arturo
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Silvio Varviso
VERDI La Forza del Destino
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 45:00
Donna Leonora - Maria Callas
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Don Carlo di Vargas - Carlo Tagliabue
Il Padre Guardiano - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Preziosilla - Elena Nicolai
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
VERDI Aïda
Live broadcast recording, 1949
Total duration: 2hr 15:43
Aïda – Herva Nelli
Amneris – Eva Gustavson
Radamès – Richard Tucker
Amonasro – Giuseppe Valdengo
Il Re (Pharoah) – Dennis Harbour
Ramfis – Norman Scott
Robert Shaw Chorale
directed by Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus (in English)
Recorded 1950-51
Total duration: 89:47
Ljuba Welitsch
Lily Pons
Martha Lipton
Richard Tucker
Charles Kullman
John Brownlee
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
