Jean-Philippe Lafont
Born: 1951-02-11 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2015
- Claude as Le Directeur
2014
- Ceux de 14 as Tchadek
2012
- La Guerre du Royal Palace as Général Sternitz
2011
- Cendrillon as Pandolfe, Cendrillon’s father
- J'étais à Nüremberg as Goering
2000
- Don Quichotte as Sancho
1992
- Revenez, plaisirs exilés (sur Alceste) as Alcide ou Hercule
1987
- Le monde est à vous as Self
- Babette's Feast as Achille Papin
1985
- Cop's Honor as Ranko
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self