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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket. "Drawing on scores of interviews with those who knew and worked with Vickers, Williams traces his life from boyhood in western Canada to schooling in Toronto, his debut at Covent Garden, his tenure at the Royal Opera House, and his celebrated appearances on the world's major opera stages. She discusses his signature roles, including details of a little-known Otello in South Africa, over-the-edge performances, and stormy battles with conductors and directors. In addition, she details Vickers's controversial withdrawal from Tannhauser, his ongoing friction with BBC-TV, his conflicted relationship with his native Canada, and his choices in repertory. Williams also illuminates the paradoxes in the worldview of a man who might have been a preacher or a prime minister if he had not been blessed with such a remarkable musical talent."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11757480.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Drawing on scores of interviews with those who knew and worked with Vickers, Williams traces his life from boyhood in western Canada to schooling in Toronto, his debut at Covent Garden, his tenure at the Royal Opera House, and his celebrated appearances on the world's major opera stages. She discusses his signature roles, including details of a little-known Otello in South Africa, over-the-edge performances, and stormy battles with conductors and directors. In addition, she details Vickers's controversial withdrawal from Tannhauser, his ongoing friction with BBC-TV, his conflicted relationship with his native Canada, and his choices in repertory.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Birgit Nilsson -- The Early Years: 1926-1956 -- Prince Albert -- Footloose -- Beginnings at the Conservatory -- A Tenor in Toronto -- The Career Begins: 1957-1959 -- Covent Garden and Battling the BBC -- A Don Carlos Triumph and Bayreuth Debut -- New Roles, New Houses -- Ascendancy: The 1960s -- The Met -- The Solti Debacle -- Lonely Hotels -- Peter Grimes -- A Prophet in His Own Country -- Gaining the Heights: The 1970s -- A Unique Tenor Repertoire and a Tristan Debut -- A Moor Does Battle, Enee and Tristan at the Met -- A Man and His Music -- The Tannhauser Scandal -- From Moose Jaw to Monteverdi -- Winding Down: The 1980s -- A Winter's Journey -- Final Grimes, Otello in South Africa -- The Trials of Samson -- Parsifal and Farewell to the Met -- Canadian Coda and a Worldview.".
- catalog description "Includes selected discography and videography (p. 342-343), bibliographical references (p. 367-369), and index.".
- catalog description "Williams also illuminates the paradoxes in the worldview of a man who might have been a preacher or a prime minister if he had not been blessed with such a remarkable musical talent."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 391 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Jon Vickers.".
- catalog identifier "1555534082 (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Jon Vickers.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Northeastern University Press,".
- catalog relation "Jon Vickers.".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog subject "782.1/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "ML420.V367 W55 1999".
- catalog subject "Tenors (Singers) Canada Biography.".
- catalog subject "Vickers, Jon.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Birgit Nilsson -- The Early Years: 1926-1956 -- Prince Albert -- Footloose -- Beginnings at the Conservatory -- A Tenor in Toronto -- The Career Begins: 1957-1959 -- Covent Garden and Battling the BBC -- A Don Carlos Triumph and Bayreuth Debut -- New Roles, New Houses -- Ascendancy: The 1960s -- The Met -- The Solti Debacle -- Lonely Hotels -- Peter Grimes -- A Prophet in His Own Country -- Gaining the Heights: The 1970s -- A Unique Tenor Repertoire and a Tristan Debut -- A Moor Does Battle, Enee and Tristan at the Met -- A Man and His Music -- The Tannhauser Scandal -- From Moose Jaw to Monteverdi -- Winding Down: The 1980s -- A Winter's Journey -- Final Grimes, Otello in South Africa -- The Trials of Samson -- Parsifal and Farewell to the Met -- Canadian Coda and a Worldview.".
- catalog title "Jon Vickers : a hero's life / Jeannie Williams ; foreword by Birgit Nilsson.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".