Richard Tucker opera recital (Chinese-English poster distributed in Taipei)
A concert poster for a recital by Metropolitan Opera tenor Richard Tucker at City Hall on May 25 at 8 pm, in English and Chinese, with a costumed portrait of the singer on a red, white and green ground. The top line credits the American National Theatre and Academy and the State Department's President's Fund, with a local travel service as sponsor. The tell is testimonial and prestige: a celebrated American artist stands in for U.S. culture, with the government's sponsorship printed in small type.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 23, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 23, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949112, 306-PPB-204).
Text on the object
PRESENTED IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATRE AND ACADEMY AND STATE DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT'S FUND... LOCAL SPONSOR: FAR EASTERN TRAVEL SERVICE Metropolitan opera tenor RICHARD TUCKER City Hall May 25, 8 pm 美國國家劇藝學院與國務院文化交流基金聯合主辦 遠東旅行社協辦 時間：五月廿五日下午八時 地點：中山堂 理查．涂克 大都會歌劇院男高音
Presented jointly by the American National Theatre and Academy and the State Department cultural exchange fund; co-sponsored by the Far Eastern Travel Service. Time: 25 May, 8 pm. Place: Zhongshan Hall. Richard Tucker, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera.
Chinese text read right to left in the large bottom line and top to bottom in the vertical lines; the character for 'with' in the sponsor line is rendered as printed.
