Jon Vickers: A Hero's LifeDuring his extraordinary career, the now-legendary Canadian tenor Jon Vickers sang the most demanding of operatic roles — Tristan, Peter Grimes, Otello, Aeneas, Parsifal — with searing emotional intensity and dramatic interpretation. In this first biography of Vickers, Jeannie Williams provides a captivating and revealing portrait of a very private, deeply religious man and complex artist who baffled and often enraged his friends and colleagues. |
Contents
PART | 7 |
Beginnings at the Conservatory | 32 |
A Tenor in Toronto | 45 |
PART | 63 |
A Don Carlos Triumph and Bayreuth Debut | 81 |
New Roles New Houses | 94 |
The Solti Debacle | 115 |
Peter Grimes | 141 |
A Man and His Music | 192 |
The Tannhäuser Scandal | 210 |
From Moose Jaw to Monteverdi | 225 |
PART FIVE | 241 |
The Trials of Samson | 266 |
Canadian Coda and a Worldview | 287 |
Epilogue | 300 |
Opera Roles and First Performances | 341 |
PART FOUR | 163 |
A Moor Does Battle Énée and Tristan at the Met | 177 |