The 2018 Gala features Richard Tucker Award-winner Christian Van Horn, bass-baritone along with winners of past Richard Tucker Awards and honored guests:

Christine Goerke, soprano (2001 Richard Tucker Award-winner)
Angela Meade, soprano (2011 Richard Tucker Award-winner)
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Nadine Sierra, soprano (2017 Richard Tucker Award-winner)
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano (1999 Richard Tucker Award-winner)
Javier Camarena, tenor
Yusif Eyvazov, tenor
Michael Fabiano, tenor (2014 Richard Tucker Award-winner)
Quinn Kelsey, baritone

Maestro Marco Armiliato
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York Choral Society

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Nadine Sierra, Soprano: 2017 Richard Tucker Award Winner

Stephanie Blythe, Mezzo-Soprano
Tara Erraught, Mezzo-Soprano
Anthony Clark Evans, Baritone
Vittorio Grigolo, Tenor
Pene Pati, Tenor
Ailyn Pérez, Soprano
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor
Ekaterina Semenchuk, Mezzo-Soprano
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Soprano
Tamara Wilson, Soprano

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On August 28, the 104th anniversary of the great American tenor’s birth, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation will designate the cherished gathering place across from the Lincoln Center complex as Richard Tucker Park.

Tamara Wilson, Soprano: 2016 Richard Tucker Award Winner

Jamie Barton, Mezzo-Soprano
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor
Javier Camarena, Tenor
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Joshua Guererro, Tenor
Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Kristine Opolais, Soprano
Nadine Sierra, Soprano

Jamie Barton, Mezzo Soprano: 2015 Richard Tucker Award Winner

Piotr Beczala, Tenor
Andrea Bocelli, Tenor
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor
Stephen Costello, Tenor
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Christine Goerke, Soprano
Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano
Nadine Sierra, Soprano

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Michael Fabiano, Tenor: 2014 Richard Tucker Award Winner

Ildar Abdrazakov, Bass
Paul Appleby, Tenor
Elena Bocharova, Mezzo-Soprano
Joseph Calleja, Tenor
Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano
Ingeborg Gillebo, Mezzo-Soprano
Željko Lučić, Baritone
Angela Meade, Soprano
Alexandra Silber, Soprano
Pretty Yende, Soprano

Maestro Emmanuel Villaume
New York Choral Society