Jean-Philippe Lafont
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Cop's Honor
as Ranko 1985
Carmen
as Le Dancaïre 1984
La Guerre du Royal Palace
as Général Sternitz 2012
Cendrillon
as Pandolfe, Cendrillon’s father 2011
Bluebeard
as Popolani 1984
J'étais à Nüremberg
as Goering 2011
Claude - Thierry Escaich
2013
Revenez, plaisirs exilés (sur Alceste)
as Alcide ou Hercule 1992
Don Quichotte
as Sancho 2000