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More Artists Join Lineup for Richard Tucker Music Foundation 2024 Opera Gala on 10/27 at Carnegie Hall
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ADDITIONAL ARTISTS JOIN THE LINEUP FOR THE
RICHARD TUCKER MUSIC FOUNDATION 2024 OPERA GALA
Added Singers Include Anthony Roth Costanzo, Anthony Léon,
Nadine Sierra, and Elena Villalón
Sunday, October 27 at
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Gala also Features Jamie Barton, J'Nai Bridges,
Stephen Costello, Michael Fabiano, Ryan Speedo Green,
Quinn Kelsey, and Rachel Willis-Sørensen
New York, NY (October 10, 2024) — The Richard Tucker Music Foundation presents its annual Gala on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, tenor Anthony Léon, soprano Nadine Sierra, and soprano Elena Villalón join the star-studded line-up of previous Richard Tucker Award Winners, Grant Recipients, and special guests.
Costanzo received a 2010 Richard Tucker Career Grant; Léon received a 2024 Richard Tucker Career Grant; Sierra won the 2017 Richard Tucker Award, and received a 2013 Richard Tucker Career Grant and a 2010 Sara Tucker Study Grant; and Villalón received a 2024 Richard Tucker Career Grant and a 2022 Sara Tucker Study Grant.
This year’s concert will also feature mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton (2015 Richard Tucker Award, 2012 Richard Tucker Career Grant), mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges (2016 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2012 Sara Tucker Study Grant), tenor Stephen Costello (2009 Richard Tucker Award, 2007 Richard Tucker Career Grant), tenor Michael Fabiano (2014 Richard Tucker Award, 2007 Sara Tucker Study Grant), bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green (2014 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2011 Sara Tucker Study Grant), baritone Quinn Kelsey (2006 Richard Tucker, Career Grant, 2004 Sara Tucker Study Grant), and soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen (2014 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2010 Sara Tucker Study Grant).
Returning to accompany these singers are acclaimed pianists Bryan Wagorn and Howard Watkins who joined the Foundation for the 2023 Gala.
Program of operatic favorites spanning the repertoire to be announced.
A Gala fundraising dinner with the artists will follow the concert.
The Richard Tucker Music Foundation’s 2024 Gala is a fundraiser to directly support the foundation’s award and grant programs, and to continue Richard Tucker’s legacy of advancing the careers of talented young American opera singers and bringing opera to the community.
Program Information
2024 Richard Tucker Gala
Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Tickets: On sale Monday, September 9; starting at $50
Link: https://richardtucker.org/events/
Tickets
Tickets to the concert-only and full Gala evening are on sale through the Richard Tucker Foundation by calling 212-757-2218 (Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET). Concert-only tickets are on sale at carnegiehall.org, by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, or by visiting the Box Office at 57th and 7th.
Performers
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano, 2015 Richard Tucker Award, 2012 Richard Tucker Career Grant
J'Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano, 2016 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2012 Sara Tucker Study Grant
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor, 2010 Richard Tucker Career Grant
Stephen Costello, tenor, 2009 Richard Tucker Award, 2007 Richard Tucker Career Grant
Michael Fabiano, tenor, 2014 Richard Tucker Award, 2007 Sara Tucker Study Grant
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone, 2014 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2011 Sara Tucker Study Grant
Quinn Kelsey, baritone, 2006 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2004 Sara Tucker Study Grant
Anthony Léon, tenor, 2024 Richard Tucker Career Grant
Nadine Sierra, soprano, 2017 Richard Tucker Award, 2013 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2010 Sara Tucker
Study Grant
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano, 2014 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2010 Sara Tucker Study Grant
Elena Villalón, soprano, 2024 Richard Tucker Career Grant, 2022 Sara Tucker Study Grant
Bryan Wagorn, piano
Howard Watkins, piano
The concert will last approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
About the Richard Tucker Music Foundation
After Richard Tucker’s untimely death in 1975, his duo partner and friend Robert Merrill worked with the Tucker family to organize a gathering of opera legends, including Martina Arroyo and Roberta Peters, to take place on what would have been the duo’s next date at Carnegie Hall. The Richard Tucker Music Foundation was formed later that year, and the concert became an annual tradition, raising funds to support young American opera singers and keep the beloved tenor’s memory alive. For more than four decades, the foundation’s annual concert has brought together some of opera’s most illustrious stars, including Leonard Bernstein, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, and Joan Sutherland.
The Richard Tucker Music Foundation is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to perpetuating the artistic legacy of the great Brooklyn-born tenor by nurturing the careers of talented young American opera singers. Through awards, grants for study, performance opportunities, and other activities, the foundation provides professional development for singers at various stages of their careers. It also offers free performances in the New York metropolitan area, and supports music education enrichment programs. Each year, the foundation confers its most prestigious prize, the Richard Tucker Award (often referred to as the “Heisman Trophy of Opera”), on an artist poised at the edge of a major international career.
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