biography
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Tucker, Richard
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originally Reuben Ticker
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| male
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| lived:
| (1913–75)
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| biography:
| Opera tenor, born in New York City, New York, USA. He started singing in synagogues as a child and was working as a fur salesman in New York when he married the sister of established tenor, Jan Peerce, who challenged him to take voice lessons. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1945, becoming an internationally popular lyric tenor. He continued to sing as a cantor on special occasions. |
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