Robert Tucker

Born in Australia and raised in Dunedin, Robert Tucker completed a Bachelor of Music at the University of Otago before living in Australia and the UK. Since returning to New Zealand, he continues to work on the stage, in the concert hall, as a singing teacher and as a choral conductor,

Tucker has worked extensively with New Zealand Opera, with highlights including Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Schaunard in La bohème, Noah in Noah's Flood for the 2013 Benjamin Britten centenary celebrations and King George in Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, which was received with great critical success at the New Zealand International Arts Festival and the Auckland Arts Festival. A passion of Tucker’s is bringing fresh New Zealand works to life, such as performances with New Zealand Opera in Ross Harris’ Brass Poppies and Jenny McLeod’s Höhepa, and Anthony Ritchie’s The God Boy with Opera Otago.

Orchestral highlights include John Drummond’s The Journey Home with Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and Kenneth Young’s In Paradisum with Auckland Philharmonia. Perhaps one of his biggest highlights has been bringing the character Wolfie to life in Lucy Mulgan’s children’s opera Red! with New Zealand Opera and Auckland Philharmonia at their 2024 summer holiday programme.