Jean-Philippe Lafont

JeanPhilippe Lafont born 11 February 1951 is a French baritone He studied in his native city of Toulouse and later at the OpéraStudio 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 Verdis Falstaff in 1987 Lafont has performed at the OpéraComique 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 JeanPhilippe Lafont from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30