Richard Tucker Award winner Ailyn Pérez and opera's leading lights perform opera favorites

2012 Richard Tucker Opera Gala Live From Lincoln Center

Premiered December 13, 2012
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2012 Richard Tucker Opera Gala

Olga Borodina, Marcello Giordani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and opera's leading lights come out to perform passion-filled moments from "La Traviata," "The Barber of Seville," and other opera favorites. And a new star, soprano Ailyn Pérez, is crowned this year's winner of the prestigious Richard Tucker Award. We'll meet Ailyn and share intimate moments with the artists.

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Live From Lincoln Center

Live From Lincoln Center broadcasts world-class performances from the stages of Lincoln Center into homes across America. The pioneering series has sought to democratize the performing arts, making luminaries ranging from Luciano Pavarotti and Beverly Sills to Emma Thompson and Nathan Lane available to hundreds of millions of viewers, collecting 17 Emmy and 2 Peabody Awards.

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