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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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!
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.
@@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...
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.
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.
