Word: jon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been steadily rising. Last week Kiri began to shine in New York too. In the grandest of operatic traditions, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut on a mere three hours' notice. Substituting for an ill Teresa Stratas, she sang Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, with Tenor Jon Vickers. Said the New York Times: "Her voice had a lovely fresh sound. She won the audience from the very beginning." Kiri herself credited Vickers. "He made me feel," she explained, "like a wee baby being taken care...
...touch with New York largely via phone and Telex exchanges. In his absence, things began to come apart, beginning in January with a spectacularly unlucky production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Swedish Soprano Catarina Ligendza, scheduled for the first performances, canceled, citing illness. In turn, Tenor Jon Vickers, who is the best Tristan in the world right now, began to have second thoughts about making his Met debut in the role. Conductor Erich Leinsdorf apparently caught the pouts from him and nearly quit as well...
...tolerable with anything less than great singing is an arguable proposition, but one thing is certain. The Met's Tristan almost closed for lack of any voices at all. First, Sweden's Catarina Ligendza canceled out as Isolde pleading illness. Nilsson was busy elsewhere. Then Tenor Jon Vickers, who seems to tremble before Wagner but may just possibly be the Tristan everyone at the Met (including Nilsson) has been waiting for, begged out of his first two performances-he wanted more time. Not to be outdone, Conductor Erich Leinsdorf threatened to resign, complaining that he could...
Balanced scoring was the keynote of the Crimson victory, as the big lead gave Jarvis a chance to empty the bench and give everyone an equal opportunity to play. Jon Honick led all Crimson scorers with ten points, followed by Dave Rogers, Brian Banks, and Joe Leondis, each with nine...
...Terriers scored the initial tally of the game at 6:14 of the first period to take a 1-0 lead. Jon Goldbloom broke the ice for the Crimson at 15:01, deflecting home John Schuster's drive. Bill MacKenzie was also credited with an assist on the play, which sent the game into the second period tied...