Jon Vickers
Jonathan Stewart Vickers, CC, Dr. Mus. ( Born October 29, 1926 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian operatic tenor. He was educated in Toronto and made his debut in 1956 in London ( Covent Garden), then in 1958 at the Bayreuth Festival as Siegmund, one of his signature roles. In the 1960s and 1970s he was regarded as the world's most sought after singers in his field. Since the 1980s he has been active as a teacher, his best known disciples heard his fellow Canadian Ben Heppner, who is often (not least due to the vocal similarity and maintenance of the approximately same repertoire ) designated as his heir.
Jon Vickers ' powerful and nuanced voice, his stocky, muscular appearance as well as his great ability to dramatic presentation made him in the eyes of many conductors, directors and critics ideal Siegmund, Tristan, Otello, Samson from Samson et Dalila, and of Samson ( oratorio ) Aeneas and his time, and he was considered a first-class Florestan and Peter Grimes. However, he tended to occasionally " dumplings " and his mastery of the German language was even after a quarter of a century (1982: Parsifal in Geneva) only very moderately. Vickers ' has also been described as stubborn and know-all - at least from his occasional partner Birgit Nilsson. Benjamin Britten at least was appalled by his idiosyncratic representation of Peter Grimes. For his expressive interpretations of Wagner, he received in 2002 the " Anton Seidl Award" ( Anton Seidl Award ) of the " Wagner Society of New York."
For religious and philosophical reasons (Vickers professing Christian is ) refused the tenor, represent the Tannhäuser. Also, the Siegfried of the eponymous opera he did not want to interpret. To a recording of the same role in the Twilight of the Gods, to which he after much deliberation, finally agreed to it also never came.
Auswahldiskografie
- 4 Times The Valkyrie, Hans Knappertsbusch, Erich Leinsdorf, Herbert von Karajan and Berislav Klobučar
- 3 times Tristan and Isolde, Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm and Horst Stein
- 3 times Fidelio, Otto Klemperer (2 times) and Herbert von Karajan
- 2 times Otello (Verdi), Tullio Serafin and Herbert von Karajan
- Aida, Georg Solti
- Peter Grimes, Sir Colin Davis
- Les Troyens, Sir Colin Davis
- Carmen, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
- I Pagliacci, Bruno Bartoletti
- The Dream of Gerontius, John Barbirolli