Background
VICKERS, Jon Son of William Vickers and Myrle Mossip.
29 October 1926 Prince Albert Saskatchewan
VICKERS, Jon Son of William Vickers and Myrle Mossip.
Carmen, Pagliacci, Norma, Otello, Peter Grimes. Recordings: Messiah, Otello, Aida, Die Walktire, Samson and Delilah, Fidelio, Italian Arias, Verdi Requiem, Peter Grimes, Das Lied von der Erde, Les Troyens, Tristan und Isolde. Began career as concert and opera singer in Canada. Joined Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) 1957. Sang at Bayreuth Festival, Vienna State Opera, San Francisco, Chicago Lyric Opera, Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Milan, Paris Opera, Boston, Buenos Aires, Athens, Ottawa, Houston, Dallas, Hamburg, Berlin.
Munich, Athens Festival, Salzburg Festival, Festival of Orange, Tanglewood Festival, Rio de Janeiro.
Royal Academy Music, London.
Married Henrietta Outerbridge in 1953.