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From 1961–77 Tuggle was the director of the education department at the Met; overseeing the company's goal to engage students and teachers with the artform of opera. He penned several teacher's guides to the opera and oversaw the first ever opera performance at the newly built
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In 1981 Tuggle became
Director of the Archives at the Metropolitan Opera; a post he held for the next thirty-four years. He was instrumental in the creation of the Met's digital database of performances, launched in 2005, which is available to the public for free online.
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that was a "sound test" prior to the theater's official opening. He was also responsible for commissioning
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in 1954 where his thesis was on
Giuseppe Verdi. He then served in the
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Tuggle's long time life partner was writer Paul
Jeromack.
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from 1961–2015. In 1987 he was nominated for the
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