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Jon Vickers in interview with Jon Tolansky

1996
Jon Vickers talks at length about his career and how his view of life lie behind his great interpretative skills.
Speaker Jon Vickers
Genre Interview

The great tenor Jon Vickers talks at length about how he came to Covent Garden in 1956, about working with great conductors  such as Otto Klemperer, Herbert von Karajan and Sir Thomas Beecham.

He also talks widely and deeply about his views and philosophies, which lie behind his great interpretations of roles such as Tristan, Peter Grimes and Otello.

The interview was conducted in 1996.

This recording comes from the collection of Jon Tolansky

  • Jon Vickers
    Interviewee
  • Jon Tolansky
    Interviewer

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