OPERAS:
Donizetti,Gaetano
Lucia di Lammermoor.
Cast: Pons, Tucker, Guarrera, Scott, Metroplolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Fausto Cleva (conductor).
Reissue: Odyssey Y2-32361 (1973).
Giordano, Umberto
Andrea Chenier (Abridged)
Metroploitan Opera Record Club MO 826 (1958)
Cast: Curtis-Verna, Tucker, Sereni, Metrpolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Fausto Cleva (conductor).
Halvey, Jacques
La Juive (selections)
RCA ARL:0447 (1974)
Cast: Arroyo, Moffo, Tucker, Giaiotti, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Antonio de Almeida (conductor)
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero
I Pagliacci
Columbia SL 113 (1953) reissue Columbia SL 124 with Cav., Odyssey YS3312 (1974)
Cast: Amara, Tucker, Valdengo, Harvout, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Fausto Cleva (conductor)
Mascagni, Pietro
Cavalleria Rusticana
Columbia SL 123 (1953) reissue Columbia 124 with Pag., Odyssey YS 33122 (1974)
Cast: Harshaw, Tucker, Guarrera, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Fausto Cleva (conductor)
Mozart, Wolfgang A.
Cosi Fan Tutte In English
Columbia SL 101 (1952) reissue Odyssey Y3 32670 (1973)
Cast: Steber, Tucker, Thebom, Peters, Guarrera, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Fritz Stiedry (conductor)
Puccini, Giacomo
La Boheme
Columbia SL 122 (1952) reissue Odyssey Y2 32364 (1973)
Cast: Sayao, Benzell, Tucker, Valentino, Cehanovsky, Moscona, Baccaloni, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Giuseppe Antonicelli (conductor)
La Boheme
RCA LSC 6095 (1961) also available in mono and Highlights
Cast: Moffo, Costa, Tucker, Merrill, Marco, Tozzi, Corena, Rome Opera House
Orchestra and Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
Madama Butterfly
Columbia SL 104 (1949) reissue Odyssey Y3 323107 (1973)
Cast: Steber, Madeira, Tucker, Valdengo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Max Rudolf (conductor)
Madama Butterfly
RCA LSC 6160 (1962) also available in mono and highlights
Cast: Price, Elias, Tucker, Macro, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
Strauss, Johann
Fledermaus In English
Columbia SL 108 (1950) reissue Odyssey Y2 32666 (1973)
Cast: Pons, Welitch, Lipton, Tucker, Kullman, Brownlee, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
Tchaikovsky, Peter I.
Eugene Onegin In English
Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 824 (1958)
Cast: Amara, Elias, Tucker, Guarrera Tozzi, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Dimitiri Metropoulos (conductor)
Verdi, Giuseppe
Aida
Angel 3525 C/L (1955) Also available in highlights
Cast: Callas, Barbieri, Tucker, Gobbi, Zaccaria, Modesti, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Aida from broadcast performances of March 26 and April 2, 1949
RCA LM 6132 (1957)
Cast: Nelli, Gustavson, Tucker, Valdengo, Scott, Harbour, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus under direction of Robert Shaw, Arturo Toscanini (conductor)
La Forza del Destino
Angel 3531 C/L (1954) also available in highlights, reissue Seraphim IC-6088 (1974)
Cast: Callas, Nicolai, Tucker, Tagliabue, Rossi-Lemeni, Capecchi, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
La Forza del Destino
RCA LSC 2838 (1964) also available in mono and highlights
Cast: Price, Verrett, Tucker, Merrill, Tozzi, Flagello, RCA Italiano Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Shippers (conductor)
Rigoletto
Columbia MS 901 (1959) also available in mono, reissue Phillips 7699 063
Cast: D'Angelo, Pirazzini, Tucker, Capecchi, Sardi, San Carlo Orchestra and Chorus Naples, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)
La Traviata
RCA LSC 6154 (1960) also available in highlights
Cast: Moffo, Tucker, Merrill, Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Fernando Previtali (conductor)
Il Trovatore
RCA LSC 6150 also available in mono and highlights
Cast: Price, Elias, Tucker, Warren, Tozzi, Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus Arturo Basile (conductor)
Requiem
Columbia M2L 307 (1964)
Cast: Amara, Forrester, Tucker, London, Philadelphia Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
SINGLE ALBUMS:
The Art of Bel Canto
Columbia MS 6667 (1965) also available in mono
with Columbia Chamber Ensemble, John Wustman piano or harpsichord
Various art song selections.
Cantorial Jewels
with chorus and orchestra Sholom Secunda (conductor)
Columbia ML 4805 (1949) also issued as Columbia FL 9502 and Columbia Special Products AML 4805
Various traditional Hebrew prayers
Celebrated Tenor Arias
Columbia ML 4750 (1954)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Fausto Cleva and Emil Cooper (conductors)
Various arias from the standard repetoire.
Celeste Aida
Columbia MS 6957 also available in mono(1967)
orchestra with various conductors
various arias by Verdi and Puccini
The Fabulous Voice of Richard Tucker: Great Songs of Love and Inspiration
Columbia MS 6397 also available in mono 1962) reissued as The exodus Song MS 6767(1965)
with Skitch Henderson arranger and conductor
various popular songs
Goldfaden Songs
Columbia FL 9506 (1950)
orchestra Sholom Secunda (conductor)
Songs by Abraham Goldfaden
Great Duets from Verdi Arias
Columbia MS 6296 also available in mono (1962) reissue Odyssey Y 35935
with Eileen Farrell, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Fausta Cleva (conductor)
Five duets from Verdi operas
Great Love Duets
Columbia ML 4981 (1955)
with Dorthy Kristen, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fausto Cleva (conductor)
Duets by Puccini ans Massenet
Great Tenor Arias
Columbia ML 4248 (1950)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fausto Cleva and Emil Cooper (conductor)
Various arias in Italian and French
Hatikvah! Richard Tucker Sings Great Jewish Favorites
Columbia MS 7217 (1969)
Chorus and orchestra with various conductors
Songs sung in Hebrew and English
Israel Sings
Columbia FI 9512 (1950) reissue Columbia ML 4806
Orchestra Sholom Secunda (conductor)
Songs sung in Hebrew
Kol Nidre Service
Columbia MS 6085 (1959)
composed and conducted Sholom Secunda Ben Irving Narrator
Passover Seder Festival
Columbia MS 6336 also available in mono (1962) also available in mono reissue CBS-Israel 72293
Chorus, Alexander D. Richardson organ, Ben Irving narrator Sholom Secunda (conductor)
Musical setting of the Hagadah and Passover prayers sung in Hebrew
Richard Tucker Sings Arias from Ten Verdi Operas
Columbia MS 6668 (1965)
Vienna State Opera Nello Santi (conductor)
Richard Tucker Sings Puccini
Columbia MS 6094 (1959)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Fausto Cleva (conductor)
A Salute to Richard Tucker on His Silver Anniversary at the Metopolitan Opera
Columbia M 30118 (1970)
Orchestra with various conductors
Various arias
Songs From Italy
Columbia ML 2155 (1951)
Columbia Concert Orchestra, Alfredo Antonini (conductor)
Neopolitan songs
Sorrento
Columbia ML 5228 (1958)
Columbia Concert Orchestra, Alfredo Antonini (conductor)
Neopolitan songs
The Soul of Italy
Columbia MS 6764 also available in mono (1965)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Nicolas Flagello (conductor)
Neopolitan songs
Starring Richard Tucker
Columbia ML 5062 (1955)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Fausto Cleva (conductor)
Various arias sung in Italian and French
A Treasury of French Opera Arias
Columbia MS 6831 also available in mono (1966)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux (conductor)
Vienna, City of My Dreams; Richard Tucker Sings Romantic Favorites
Columbia MS 6537 also available in mono (1963)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Franz Allers (conductor)
Various songs sung in English
Welcoming the Sabbath: A Friday Evening Service
Columbia ML 5119 (1956)
Choir under the direction of Sholom Secunda
sung in Hebrew
What Now My Love: Richard Tucker Sings Today's Popular Favorites
Columbia MS 6895 also available in mono (1966)
Orchestra Franz Allers (conductor)
Popular songs sung in English
Multiple Record Sets
Richard Tucker and Robert Merrill at Carnegie Hall
London BP 26351-2 or Decca SXLA 7517/8 (1973)
Arias, duets and popular song with piano accompaniment
Richard Tucker: In Memoriam
Columbia D3M 33448 (1975)
Selections from his many Columbia Recordings
The following listing is from the Schwann catalog of July, 1999
Donizetti, Gaetano
Lucia di Lammermoor(selections)
Cast includes Renata Scotto and Richard Tucker
Legato Classics LCD 1982
The Essential Verisamo: A 50th Anniversary Tribute
Legato Classics LCD 184-1
Giordano, Umberto
Andrea Chenier(selections)
Cast includes Renata Tebaldi
Standing Room Only SRO 8441
Gounod, Charles
Faust
Cast includes Victoria de Los Angeles
Legato Classics LCD 167-2
Richard Tucker: In Memorium
Odyssey YT 35498
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
Il Pagliacci
Foyer FDY 2050
Memories HR 4567
Richard Tucker and Robert Merrill Live Frm Carnegie Hall
Teldec 2 93706-2
Offenbach, Jacque
The Tale of Hoffman
Cast includes Rise Stevens, Lucine Amara, Richard Tucker
Stradivarious DAT 12302
A Passover Seder Festival
Sony Masterworks MDK 48304
A Portrait of an Artist
Legato Classics LCD 104-1
Puccini, Giacomo
La Boheme
Cast includes Bidu Sayo, Richard Tucker
Sony Classical MH2K 62782
Madama Butterfly
Cast includes Leontyne Price
RCA Victor 09026-68089
Manon Lescaut
Cast includes Renata Tebaldi
Standing Room Only SRO 8441
Richard Tucker in Recital(with piano accompaniment)
HRE 1003-1
Verdi, Giuseppe
Aida
Cast includes Maria Callas, Richard Tucker
EMI Classics CDCB 53616
La Forza del Destino
Cast includes Maria Callas, Richard Tucker
EMI Classics CDCB 56323
Myto 2 MCD 975174
Verdi Music
Performed with Eileen Farrell
Sony Classic MHK 62357
Requiem
Cast includes Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker
Standing Room Only SRO 842-1
Cast includes Lucine Amara, George London, Richard Tucker
Odyssey YT 35320 or Sony Classical SB2K 53252
Rigoletto
Legato Classics-2 LCD 196-2
Simon Boccenegra
Cast includes Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker
Legato Classics 2 LCD 189-2
This is by no means a definetive list of Mr. Tuckers recordings, but it does give a idea of the extensive production he had during his career. I will continue to work on and improve this list.