About Alice Tully
Alice Bigelow Tully was an American singer of opera and recital, music promoter, patron of the arts and philanthropist from New York. She was a second cousin of the American actress Katharine Hepburn. Her most famous commission was for Olivier Messiaen who composed Des canyons aux étoiles... which had its first performance in the Alice Tully Hall in 1974. In 1970, Tully was awarded the Handel Medallion for her contributions to the cultural life of New York City. Tully began her career as a mezzo-soprano, then became a soprano.
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