Skip to main content

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Explore
  • Interact
      • Clips Explore themed playlists of audio clips from the Archive.
      • Reuse Listen to creative reuses of Studs’ interviews.
      • Remix Combine audio from the Archive to create entirely new works.
  • Podcast
  • Classroom
  • Donate

00 / 00

Interviewing Richard Tucker

BROADCAST: 1964 | DURATION: 00:34:00

Synopsis

The celebrated tenor visits with Studs to talk about his appreciation for Puccini and Verdi.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
 

Details

Broadcast Date
1964

Duration
34 minutes

Topics

Opera Music - Classical Music & Opera

People

Tenors

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975 Audiotapes Radio programs

Related Programs

Jennie Tourel discusses her career with some comments by her accompanist Simon Sargon

Nov. 8, 1970

Interviewing Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Feb. 29, 1996

William Ferris and John Vorrasi discuss their past and present concerts

Dec. 7, 1993

Presenting music from "Orpheus Descending: An Opera in Two Acts," with composer Bruce Saylor

May. 19, 1994

Discussing contemporary music with Easley Blackwood, Paul Fromm and Ralph Shapey

Feb. 13, 1967

Interview with William Bolcom and Joan Morris

Oct. 12, 1992

Major Support Provided By
The Becca Kopf Memorial Circle of Friends
WFMT Radio Network & Chicago History Museum

This site is being managed by WFMT in partnership with the Chicago History Museum.

Library of Congress

In-kind digitization services of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive are provided by the Library of Congress.

National Endowment for the Humanities

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.

Studs Terkel Radio Archive

All Programs About The Archive About Studs Supporters Contact

©2026 WFMT Radio Network | Site by Jell Creative

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this web resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.