Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 11, 1951
Place of Birth
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Credits
15 titles
Jean-Philippe Lafont
Biography
Jean-Philippe Lafont (born 11 February 1951) is a French baritone. He studied in his native city of Toulouse and later at the Opéra-Studio in Paris. He made his operatic debut as Papageno in The Magic Flute at the Salle Favart, Paris in 1974. He went on to appear regularly in Toulouse, where he first played the title role in Verdi's Falstaff in 1987. Lafont has performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan and the Royal Opera House, London. Among the roles with which he is particularly associated are the four villains in The Tales of Hoffmann, the Comte des Grieux in Manon, Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande, Barak in Die Frau ohne Schatten and the title roles in Gianni Schicchi, Rigoletto, Boris Godunov and Macbeth. Source: Article "Jean-Philippe Lafont" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Claude
Le Directeur
Ceux de 14
Tchadek
Claude - Thierry Escaich
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Général Sternitz
J'étais à Nüremberg
Goering
Cendrillon - Royal Oper House
Pandolfe, Cendrillon’s father
Don Quichotte
Sancho
Revenez, plaisirs exilés (sur Alceste)
Alcide ou Hercule
Le monde est à vous
Self
Babette's Feast
Achille Papin
Cop's Honor
Ranko
Bluebeard
Popolani
Carmen
Le Dancaïre
Champs-Elysées
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self