WQXR and Operavore celebrates three rising stars of opera! Soprano Ailyn Pérez, winner of the 2012 Richard Tucker Award, was joined by fellow winner tenor Stephen Costello (2009). The intimate and exclusive evening featured conversation with the celebrated soprano Aprile Millo, winner of the 1985 Tucker Award, and Barry Tucker, son of the great American tenor and President of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. This event was Miss Pérez’s first performance in New York since being named this year’s Tucker Award winner.
WQXR’s Naomi Lewin hosted.
Here Stephen Costello performs “Non t’amo piú” by Paolo Tosti.