I'm a tenor and I've had a great career - but when you think of careers you must go to the Bjoerling, Tucker and Corelli period [prior to the big three: Placido, Jose & Luciano] Tucker was right square in the center of all of them. Illustration: I was standing next to him as a boy soprano soloist at a wedding at the Ocean Parkway Jewish Center in Brooklyn, New York. Tucker began to sing with his clarion voice - he almost knocked me over - it sounded like the Liberty Bell. I'll say it in one word! Voice, Voice and more Voice. That's why the Italians loved him so much he always seemed to be singing to the end of his being - as if to validate the reason for his existence. To dismiss in any way shape or form an artist of his calibre - is not to know what art is nor from whence it springs. Only the pathos of Caruso and Corelli can stand confidently beside him. For me he represents what all young tenors aspire to: work and the humility to work hard in order to gain work - to work at what we love best and that is to sing - to sing well and to be appreciated.
@Passione2024
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@berdiddyberdisberbaboint2763
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry.may i offer my sincerest apologies.
@道-p2e
4 жыл бұрын
@@berdiddyberdisberbaboint2763 thank you so much,
@photo161
6 жыл бұрын
How beautifully he phrases here, takes his time, never pushes, lovely legato, plenty of portamento, and the voice...!
@tenorschofield
11 жыл бұрын
Maravilloso!!!, Bravo, viva por siempre Richard Tucker en nuestros corazones!!!
@bodiloto
3 жыл бұрын
Tenore Meraviglioso ! Dal vivo voce Enorme di una bellezza rara ! Un leone della lirica ! 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️
@GermanOperaSinger
16 жыл бұрын
Yes I had a hunch that he must have been sick, he looked like he was struggling for some passages and seems out of breath at times. It's amazing he could still support that mighty voice even with such a weak heart at this point...poor man.
@tenorschofield
5 жыл бұрын
DIVINE!!!BRAVISSIMO!!!
@tenoroyal
9 жыл бұрын
Bravo Maestro! Magestarial singing on live TV - pressure!! Hence the frequent breaths. Also may have been ill. All the more remarkable.RIP
@道-p2e
2 жыл бұрын
I love his delivery of Verdi's heroic roles... Bravo!
@mariarosaesergiomarycib2492
7 жыл бұрын
Magnifico, magnifico. Grandissimo voce meravigliosa!!! Mari
@graziellalandolfo469
6 жыл бұрын
mary marycib ha cantato di mmerda
@Lauritz1
15 жыл бұрын
even singing with diress of being sick....WOW....what a voice....I was in the house on several occasions when he sang the whole opera and I really don't think there was or will be a better duo in Destino than Tucker and Merrill and Tucker in this aria on a regular night with no problems....Oh My God....not a dry eye in the house and not a person left in their seat for the ovation
@UmaBerliner
6 жыл бұрын
goosebumps every time I hear him sing
@sgnmath1234
16 жыл бұрын
A smart tenor like Mr. Tucker worked around his tehnical problems. It was obvious that his shortness of breath was there , but it was also obvious how he played it safe and adjusted his technique and delivery to perform in a respectable manner.
@art724
9 жыл бұрын
Lauritz - I too was privileged to see Tucker and Merrill in La Forza at the Met. IMHO, Tucker was the best Alvaro I've ever heard or seen. I was at the Met last Monday for a performance of Aida and will not mention the tenor who sang Radames but it seems that the age of the great tenors may be over.
@davidsimmons654
2 жыл бұрын
Lovely!!!!
@daviddecarlo968
8 ай бұрын
No one sings this aria better than Tucker.
@TreblesBasses
14 жыл бұрын
TheE VERDI TENOR!
@peterschmitz8364
Жыл бұрын
richard tucker in seiner besten rolle .tucker gehört zu den ganz großen des Gesangs.herrlich
@ransomcoates546
3 жыл бұрын
He is clearly unwell. This is how a singer with a super-correct technique copes when he is not in top shape. Bravo!
@jontew
16 жыл бұрын
2:47 = one of the rare occasions on which Tucker's generally near-perfect technique failed him.
@percymartinez
14 жыл бұрын
true sport.....God I know the feeling of singing like this amazing technique nevertheless to be able to sing in his condition
@TreblesBasses
15 жыл бұрын
PERFECTION!!!
@baritonoguapo
16 жыл бұрын
This was a television broadcast, but it was a live broadcast I believe. One take, no editing.
@eduardobraivein8496
4 жыл бұрын
baritonoguapo Is this from "The Bell Telephone Hour"?
@qiggypiggy
11 жыл бұрын
the character is mortally ill. Is it possible that he was acting the part?
@PedroZamagna
3 жыл бұрын
Well observed, but no one has ever sung the aria this way. But, this has to be the reason. After all, even even near his death, Tucker never had problems in his singing.
@jordipanadesribera6890
3 жыл бұрын
Art... i tècnica.
@ShawDAMAN
16 жыл бұрын
2:47 is a bit odd, but it almost seems deliberate. Still an excellent perf.
@moorfan1
14 жыл бұрын
It is absolutely clear that Tucker was not well during this performance. He doesn't look well, and he's clearly taking breaths where he didn't normally. For the man to be able to sound as good as he did is a testament to his technical skill and tremendous natural gifts!
@moorfan1
11 жыл бұрын
I guess anything is possible, and he's not here to ask but this type of singing is characteristic of a man who is short of breath. Listen to Tucker sing this at other times in his career, and it is absolutely uncharacteristic of him. It was his hallmark to give 125% in every performance!
@bamkiller35
12 жыл бұрын
the bariton role of don carlo guapo here on youtube is also not bad..
@diegotissini5977
8 жыл бұрын
In deficit di fiato, molto in difficoltà
@eugeniogentili1048
4 жыл бұрын
Ma mi faccia il piacere.
@VERONAcd
5 жыл бұрын
very unintelligent singing, bad breathing planing, that's the truth. but yes - great voice.
@PedroZamagna
3 жыл бұрын
Non puoi pronunciare una singola nota con l'efficienza tecnica di Tucker. Non parlare come se sapessi cosa vuol dire cantare nel modo in cui cantava, bugiardo delirante.
@VERONAcd
3 жыл бұрын
@@PedroZamagna Esatto come pensavo, tu non canti e non capisci niente nel canto, ma il piu peggio e il fatto che tu sei MALEDUCATO. vergognati, che lingua bassa e brutta. ma questa e certamente la colpa dei tuoi genitori... che pena...
@PedroZamagna
3 жыл бұрын
Chi dice quel che vuole, sente quel che non vorrebbe
@道-p2e
2 жыл бұрын
very unintelligent comment, bad choice of words, that's the truth. but yes-great voice and great technique!
@VERONAcd
2 жыл бұрын
@@道-p2e Ohhh after i saw the amazing content of your channel i was very impressed. just live and let others live, pathetic man.
@maurotorriani3677
9 жыл бұрын
He breaths in too frequently. His pronunciation is awful.
@PedroZamagna
3 жыл бұрын
Non. Anche se ci sono rappresentazione di Tucker cui la dizione è precaria. Ma qui è eccellente. Che cosa c'è è un problema o un fastidio, non si sa perché, fare un respiro profondo, continuare ad espandersi e cantare.
@photo161
7 жыл бұрын
Yes this is certainly a seriously sub-par performance by Tucker, and can only be explained by considering that he must have been suffering from some sort of temporary health problem.
@liedersanger1
6 жыл бұрын
What year was this?
@Annamaria-iq1wy
3 жыл бұрын
Che tono aspro e poca musicalità! Solo una esibizione di uso del diaframma!
@PedroZamagna
3 жыл бұрын
Tono aspro? No. Poco musicale? Potrebbe essere migliore, sì.
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