An historic recording of golden age tenor Richard Tucker singing “Sound an Alarm” from Handel’s JUDAS MACCABEUS” set the tone for the Richard Tucker Foundation’s Gala concert at Carnegie Hall. There was wonderful singing ahead of us but of a certain kind.
Like many other classical organizations, the Tucker Foundation, has found that, as Charles Dickens said in “A Tale of Two Cities,” “It was the best of times, the worst of times.” The “best” is for the quality of the singers that the foundation has supported through varying kinds of grants. The “worst”? Money from the usual donor pool is in shorter supply than usual, which meant a less elaborate evening
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It’s the Three Tenors. No, not Luciano, Placido and Jose. That crew made their debut on the eve of the 1990 World Cup in Rome. It’s a new Three Tenors: Alex, Taylor and Spencer. That crew will perform in concert Saturday at the Empress Theatre in Vallejo with the Vallejo Festival Orchestra. Its leader, conductor […]
It’s the Three Tenors. No, not Luciano, Placido and Jose. That crew made their debut on the eve of the 1990 World Cup in Rome. It’s a new Three Tenors: Alex, Taylor and Spencer. That crew will perform in concert Saturday at the Empress Theatre in Vallejo with the Vallejo Festival Orchestra. Its leader, conductor Thomas Conlin, bills them as “The Next Generation.” In a brief telephone interview Sunday, Conlin a Grammy Award-winning conductor with international performance credits on his resume called Alex McKissick, Taylor Comstock and Spencer Hamlin extraordinary tenors who are on the verge of stardom. […]