Richard Tucker 1964 - Nessun Dorma, The Sweetest Sounds, You'll Never Walk Alone

Rare video clip from 1964 TV show with Metropolitan Opera tenor Richard Tucker singing magnificently.

Tucker sings Nessun Dorma, The Sweetest Sounds, and You'll Never Walk Alone. Earl Wrightson is the host.

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Music

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• Richard
• Tucker
• Tenor
• Puccini
• Turandot
• Nessun
• Dorma
• Metropolitan
• Opera
• Rodgers

[premiereopera1]

Maybe they were deafened by the Tucker voice at such close range!!

[premiereopera1]

I think the Peerce commercial L'Arlesiana was about 12 or 13 years before the TV show. I think it was recorded in 1950 or so, but I could be wrong.

[premiereopera1]

Yes, I checked and realized it must be 1963. During the show, he talks about singing Trovatore the next season. As for Peerce, he sang the B when he had the B- which is when he was quite a bit younger. On his commercial recording of this aria, he sings the B, but I believe such B's were long since past him by 1963-64. He might be able to reach the note, but it would be a sort of on pitch shout. And, btw, I loved Peerce, too, but Tucker had the vastly superior voice.

[premiereopera1]

I have the great DVD that this was taken from. There are two shows form about a year apart. The first has Peerce, singing a rather "tight" Lamento di Federico, with no high note at the end. The second is this great show with Tucker. He just seems so casual, talking, laughing, and getting up and singing as only he could. And he usually didn't like to talk before he sang. Each show is about a half hour in length, and both are on the same DVD

Ed

[VinylToVideo]

@premiereopera1 Tucker says he sang "Turandot" on a Saturday. The only Saturday he sang this was on February 2, 1963 so the video must be from 1963, not 1964. He never even sang the opera in 1964. Of course Peerce would of sang that aria with no high B. He was the kind of artist who sang arias as they were written without adding random and unnecessary high notes.

[TheOperadaddy2]

This is the type of television show that I was accustomed to seeing when I was growing up. It was not unusual to have great opera singers like Richard Tucker performing on the various networks. Tuckers greatest asset was voice, voice, and more voice.

[jelisa46]

perfection!

[Operafiend22]

@TsarBovov actually it's not...at least not anymore.

[SHICOFF1]

He also sang a fine Calaf complete in Brooklyn, Marine Park 6 mos before he died , high C and all!

[photo161]

Whatever else Richard Tucker brings to his art (and there is so much else,) his is sheer perfection technically..

[Richiesutherland]

Tucker sounds like a million bucks, both stentorian and mellifluous! It's a shame he didn't sing Calaf more, although I am happy that I did get to see him do it when I was a kid. I didn't know at the time what a rarity that performance would be.

[IDOLODORO2]

they do not make them like this anymore 

[Baritanist]

AWESOME

[TsarBovov]

@Operafiend22 This is kindof normal for a real opera singer.

[Operafiend22]

God, what other tenor could sing full performances of Turandot, Ballo and Chenier all in one week and still have a voice left? Only Tucker!!!

[BroadwayG]

Tucker was always good, even on a bad night. Great technique. Ever attend one of his Master Classes? Let's not diminish this wonderful talent.