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The Stars Come Out to Honor Richard Tucker

Each year, the Carnegie Hall concert, broadcast live over WQXR-FM, is basically an evening of show stoppers.
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The Stars Come Out to Honor Richard Tucker
Soprano Nadine Sierra is the 2017 winner of the Richard Tucker Award. Dario Acosta
Barry Bassis
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NEW YORK—Opera lovers,  if possible, do go out of your way to attend the Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala. Each year, the Carnegie Hall concert, broadcast live this year over WQXR-FM, is basically an evening of show stoppers.

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala, hosted by the singer’s son, Barry Tucker, is an annual event that showcases award winners as well as prominent opera singers from around the world.

Barry Bassis
Barry Bassis
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Barry has been a music, theater, and travel writer for over a decade for various publications, including Epoch Times. He is a voting member of the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle, two organizations of theater critics that give awards at the end of each season. He has also been a member of NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association)