Pictured on one of a set of four 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in
the Legends of American Music series, issued 10 September 1994,
celebrating opera singers. Other singers honored in this issue are
Lily Pons, Rosa Ponselle, and Lawrence Tibbett.
Refused to make recordings opposite Maria Callas at La Scala in Milan if Herbert von Karajan was to be the conductor. Karajan had been a member of the Nazi Party during World War II and the Holocaust, and Tucker, in
protest, refused to work with him. The recordings were made with Tullio Serafin conducting instead.
His last appearance on TV was broadcast two months after his
death. It was a Boston Pops Concert conducted by Arthur Fiedler, on
which Tucker sang his signature piece, "Vesti La Giubba" from "Pagliacci".
A square between streets, actually a very small park, near Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Opera, is named for him.