b. 1926 Canadian tenor Vickers joined the Covent Garden company in 1957, singing Verdi’s Gustavus and Berlioz’s Aeneas. In 1958 he sang the title-role in the Giulini-Visconti production of Don Carlos, and Siegmund at Bayreuth, followed by Jason in Cherubini’s Medea in Dallas. He sang Siegmund and three other roles in Vienna in 1959. He made his Metropolitan ...
b. 1926, Canadian A Heldentenor with a unique approach to the stage, Vickers had a compelling singing-acting style. Trained as a baritone, he brought a warmth to his tenor, but risked uncertainty at the top of his range. Vickers’ Otello is arguably the greatest ever recorded. His Peter Grimes, while not approved by Britten, also ...
recordings include Figaro, Strauss’s Jokanaan, both Don Giovanni and Leporello, and discs of arias, Lieder and English songs. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Jon Vickers | Contemporary | Classical ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1962–69) This multifaceted ensemble – Paul Jones (vocals, harmonica), Mike Vickers (guitar, woodwinds), Manfred Mann (keyboards), Dave Richmond (bass) and Mike Hugg (drums) – first reached the national Top 20 with 1963’s ‘5-4-3-2-1’. After Richmond was replaced by Tom McGuinness, there was hardly any let-up of hits, both home and overseas, including a ...
1978–89, 2000–06) One of Australia’s greatest and most underrated bands. Built round the complementary songwriting skills of Robert Forster and Grant McLennan (with Lindy Morrison, drums and Robert Vickers, bass), the band’s thoughtful but powerful indie rock obviously owes a certain debt to Dylan, but with a punky feel; best showcased on 1983’s Before Hollywood and 1986’s ...
and composers had outlived their usefulness, they were transferred to Auschwitz and delivered to the gas chamber the following day. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Jon Vickers | Modern Era | Opera Performance | Opera in the Terezín Concentration Camp | Modern Era | Opera ...
had a distinctive voice that is inseparably linked to the music of Britten, who wrote several operatic roles especially for him, including Peter Grimes. When the Canadian Jon Vickers took that role at Covent Garden and on disc, Britten was reportedly unhappy with his interpretation. Vickers was nevertheless a tenor of genuinely heroic timbre, able to sing ...
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