"Richard Tucker Day" Free Concert

Richard Tucker Day ends with a 7:30pm concert at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. Renée Fleming hosts the evening, and performers include lyric soprano Ailyn Pérez, winner of the 2012 Tucker Award; mezzo Jamie Barton, a 2012 Tucker Career Grant recipient and winner of the 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition; 2009 Tucker Award-winning tenor Stephen Costello; Paul Appleby, who won a Career Grant from the foundation in 2011; and 2013 Career Grant recipient soprano Erin Morley.

This event will be held at the Naumburg Bandshell. Admission is free and open to the public; general seating, no tickets required. For more information call 

 (212) 757-2218, or visit here.

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