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Jon Vickers: A Hero's Life

Jon Vickers: A Hero's Life

by Birgit Nilsson (Foreword), JeannieWilliams (Author)

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    Hardcover 1999

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Synopsis

Vickers, the Canadian tenor famous for his emotional intensity in roles such as Othello, Tristan, and Parsifal, is the focus of this biography. Williams, a columnist for USA Today who has also written for a number of prominent opera periodicals, uses interviews with those who knew and worked with Vi

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 432
 Edition: 1st ed 1st printing
 Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 31 Dec 1999
ISBN 10: 1555534082
ISBN 13: 9781555534080

Media Reviews
Jon Vickers was a singing actor of overwhelming impact, his performances driven by a unique fusion of sensitivity, intelligence, brute force, and stubborn individuality. He also was a rather enigmatic figure who avoided conventional paths to operatic glory. Jeannie Williams' probing biography explores Vickers' triumphs, his contradictions, his frailties, his eloquence, and his egocentricity with equal parts objectivity and sympathy. -- Martin Bernheimer, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic
Vickers was by common consent an unforgetable . . . It is an achievement of this book, that while giving so clear a picture of the man, great but fallible, it also enables us to review the art, fallible also but still more surely great. --Opera Now
Jeannie Williams has an impressive track record as a writer on things operatic, and there is no absence of detailed research. --Opera-Opera
He is a man of strong character and convictions -- the kind of person I respect, even when I don't agree with the particular convictions. I believe anyone who reads this book will also respect him greatly. --American Record Guide
It is an achievement of this book, that while giving so clear a picture of the man, great but fallible, it also enables us to review the art, fallible also but still more surely great. --Opera Now
Williams's in-depth study includes performance histories, discography and videography, copious notes, and an extensive index. Taken together, these provide a remarkable entree into the private world of opera performance. Opera buffs and general readers will be grateful. --Choice
No one who heard Jon Vickers on a night when he 'came alive' will ever forget him; his ideas on singing, and the strength of his commitment in roles ranging from the heroic Enee to the comic Vasek, ensure that this singer's biography is a cut above most. Jeannie Williams has done an excellent job in bringing back memories of an extraordinarily vivid singer. --Opera News
Jon Vickers: A Hero's Life paints a fascinating, comprehensive, and colorful picture of a spellbinding and irreplaceable artist. --The Opera Quarterly