Richard Tucker has been played on NTS shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, with Madama Butterfly - Act II first played on 23 November 2024.

Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913 – January 8, 1975) was an American tenor.

He was born Ruvn Ticker in Brooklyn, New York, and his musical aptitude was discovered early. His first job was as a boy alto at the Lower East Side Manhattan Synagogue. He sang often for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs and eventually became a cantor at the Brooklyn Jewish Center. He participated in the Metropolitan Opera auditions in 1941, but did not win. However, when Met general manager Edward…