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Jon Vickers
Legends of Lyric Tenor


Bio
Jon Vickers
Listen to George Preston’s tribute to Jon Vickers:
Jon Vickers's Roles at Lyric
1960
Siegmund
Die Walküre
Richard Wagner
Nov. 21
1961
Andrea Chénier
Andrea Chenier
Umberto Giordano
Oct. 20, 25, 28
Florestan
Fidelio
Ludwig von Beethoven
Nov. 13, 17, 22
1963
Riccardo
Un ballo in maschera
Giuseppe Verdi
Oct. 18
Florestan
Fidelio
Ludwig von Beethoven
Oct. 23, 26; Nov. 1
Otello
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
Nov. 2, 8, 13
1965
Samson
Samson et Dalila
Camille Saint-Saëns
Nov. 3, 5, 8, 13
1966
Otello
Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
Oct. 10, 14, 19, 22
Soloist
Callas: An International Celebration
Dec. 11
1974
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes
Benjamin Britten
Sept. 30; Oct. 4, 7, 10, 12, 15
1975
Florestan
Fidelio
Ludwig van Beethoven
Oct. 29; Nov. 1, 4, 7, 10, 14
1977
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes
Benjamin Britten
Oct. 15, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31; Nov. 3 (matinee), 5
Singer
Maria Callas Tribute
Concert
Nov. 1
1979
Tristan
Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner
Nov. 15, 20, 26; Dec. 1, 5, 10, 14
1981
Florestan
Fidelio
Ludwig von Beethoven
Nov. 7, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 28; Dec. 1
1982
Tristan
Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner
Sept. 20, 25, 29; Oct. 4, 8, 12, 15
Canio
I pagliacci
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Nov. 3, 6, 9, 13, 16, 19, 22
Chicago presentation by Mrs. Norman R. Hanson.
1986
Parsifal
Parsifal
Richard Wagner
Oct. 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 25, 30

Jon Vickers as Samson. Samson et Dalila. Lyric, 1965. Photo by David H. Fishman.