happy birthday, jon vickers!

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by La Cieca | 10:09 am | Oct 29, 2008

The legendary dramatic tenor is 82 years old today.

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Joining Vickers for this 1967 clip from Die WalkÃ¼re is Gundula “They tried to make me go to rehab” Janowitz.

armerjacquino says:
Who could fall in love with anyone’s ‘Nun beut die flur’?
I mean, I love Papa H, but seriously.
on October 31, 2008 at 10:03 PM

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