Tristan und Isolde
Among Vickers' more notable recordings were "Tristan und Isolde" in 1972 with Herbert von Karajan becoming one of his favourite singers at the lavish Salzburg Easter and Summer Festivals in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Carmen, Otello, Fidelio as well as Tristan und Isolde, "Les Troyens", singing the part of Énée (Aeneas), with Sir Colin Davis in 1969, and a legendary and controversial 1959 recording of Handel's "Messiah" with Sir Thomas Beecham.