Jon Vickers

Jon Vickers CC
Born	Jonathan Stewart Vickers (1926-10-29)October 29, 1926 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	July 10, 2015(2015-07-10) (aged 88) Ontario, Canada
Education	The Royal Conservatory
Occupation	Opera singer (tenor)
Organizations	Royal Opera House Metropolitan Opera
Awards	Governor General's Awards

Jonathan Stewart Vickers, CC (October 29, 1926 – July 10, 2015), known professionally as Jon Vickers, was a world renowned Canadian heldentenor.

In 1957 Vickers joined London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden company. In 1960 he joined the Metropolitan Opera.

Vickers became world-famous for a wide range of German, French, and Italian roles, but especially in the Wagner tenor roles in Die Walkure, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal and in Beethoven's Fidelio. Vickers performed operas with prominent conductors such as Otto Klemperer, Herbert von Karajan, Colin Davis, Hans Knappertsbusch, and Thomas Beecham. With Karajan he recorded several operas accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.