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"A giant voice, a giant personality, he took risks"
The Canadian-born tenor Jon Vickers - who has died at the age of eighty-eight - is considered one of the greatest opera singers of the twentieth century. The widely-admired British baritone - Sir Thomas Allen - knew Jon Vickers well. He's been sharing his memories of the man and his music.
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