articleOpera star Jon Vickers dies at 88 - CBS News1
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articleOpera star Jon Vickers dies at 88 - CBS News1
LONDON - Canadian-born opera singer John Vickers, nicknamed "God's tenor" for his inimitable tone of voice and strong Christian beliefs, offers died. He was 88.
The Royal Opera Home opera, citing a statement from Vickers' family members,article$1 million reward for Dorothys ruby slipper, said he passed away Friday in the Canadian province of Ontario after challenging with Alzheimer's disease.
Born in Prince Albert,Nike Air Max, Saskatchewan,[/url],[url=http://www.adea.es/home.html]Air Max Baratas, in 1926, Vickers sang as a kid in church choirs and aspired to review medicine before being successful a scholarship towards the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.
Vickers made his Royal Opera debut in 1957. A season later, he performed at Germany's Bayreuth festival, going to become one of the world's leading performers of Richard Wagner, acclaimed for assignments including Siegmund in "Die Walkuere."
From 1960, he was a regular at New York's Metropolitan Opera, where his personal jobs included Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes."
Vickers stood out among dramatic tenors for the intensity of his shows and his richly effective voice,Ray Ban Clubmaster, described by critic John Ardoin as "keeping a hundred colors and inflections."
"Art is normally a wrestling with this is of lifestyle," Vickers once stated, and his religious faith educated his artistic options.
Despite his association with Wagner's functions, he found the German composer -- whose anti-Semitism produced him a favorite of the Nazis -- morally objectionable. In 1977,Ugg Outlet, Vickers drawn out of the creation of Wagner's "Tannhauser,Air Max 90 Baratas," saying he considered it anti-Christian.
For three years Vickers performed all over the world,Air Max Hombre, collecting dedicated fans, numerous honorary degrees, companionship in the Order of Canada and two Grammy Awards.
Vickers retired in 1988. His family's statement said he was "a man of the land who was probably the most at home on his farm,Air Max, surrounded naturally and his family members."
His wife,Air Max Baratas, Henrietta,Ray Ban Wayfarer, died in 1991. He's survived by a sister,Air Max Günstig, five children,articleComic-Con New Batman v1, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
To hear Jon Vickers perform an aria in a 1967 creation of Georges Bizet's "Carmen," go through the video participant below. Featuring Grace Bumbry as Carmen. The Wiener Philharmoniker is conducted by Herbert Von Karajan. |
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