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Jon Vickers
Jonathan Stewart Vickers, CC, known professionally as Jon Vickers, was a Canadian heldentenor. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he was the sixth in a family of eight children. In 1950, he was awarded a scholarship to study opera at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. In 1957 Vickers joined London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden company. In 1960 he joined the Metropolitan Opera. He became world-famous for a wide range of German, French, and Italian roles. Vickers' huge, powerful voice and solid technique met the demands of many French, German, and Italian roles. He was also highly regarded for his powerful stage presence and thoughtful characterizations. In 1968 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. Vickers received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, in 1998. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Vickers) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Carmen, WD 31, Act II: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jon Vickers, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, and George Bizet
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Bizet: Carmen (Live at Teatro Colón, 1968) [Restauración 2024]
2024
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (feat. Franz Crass, Gerhard Unger, Gottlob Frick & Ingeborg Hallstein)
2023
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Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies
2015
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
2014
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Verdi: Aida
2011
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Wagner: Highlights from Tannhauser (1957)
2011
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Händel: Messiah, Oratorio, HWV 56, Vol. 1
2010
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Bellini: Norma
2009
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Otello
2001
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Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)
2000
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Beethoven - Fidelio / Prisoners' Chorus
Spadecaller • 103K views
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Jon Vickers: Puccini - Tosca, 'Recondita armonia'
TheWiseMonkey89 • 3K views
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Jon Vickers: Ponchielli - La Gioconda, 'Cielo e mar'
TheWiseMonkey89 • 1.1K views
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Jon Vickers: Giordano - Andrea Chénier, 'Un dì, all'azzurro spazio'
TheWiseMonkey89 • 4.2K views
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Ernst Kozub - Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater
TSHAfG • 6.8K views
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Peter Grimes: "Now the Great Bear" (Jon Vickers)
Michael Holmes • 18K views
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"Si, pel ciel marmoreo giuro" Otello - Jon Vickers and Cornell MacNeil (HUGE SOUND! with score!)
Old School Singers • 5K views
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Medea (Medee) (Sung in Italian): Act II: Figli miei, miei tesor (Medea, Giasone)
Jon Vickers, Fiorenza Cossotto, Elizabeth Rust, Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Mary Wells, Joan Carlyle, and David Allen • 280 views
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Otello: Dio ti Giocondi, o sposo-Mirella Freni, Jon Vickers
Ópera Perú • 15K views