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Jean-Philippe Lafont

Nacimiento : 1951-02-11, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

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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.

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Claude - Thierry Escaich

French contemporary composer Thierry Escaich and French essayist, politician, and now librettist Robert Badinter transform Victor Hugo’s short story Claude Gueux into an operatic call for human dignity in the 21st century.

La guerre du Royal Palace

Général Sternitz

Between September 1940 and August 1944, luxury hotels are requisitioned by the Germans as staff headquarters, giving the hotels' employees a ringside seat of the enemy's secrets and activities. Such is the case with Royal Palace, run by Maxime and Solange Verdier, in which the Abwerth, the German counter-intelligence service, establishes its HQ.

J'étais à Nüremberg

Goering

Cendrillon

Pandolfe, Cendrillon’s father

Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity and the musical jokes of Rossini, you won't find it here. Also, while the Cendrillon was highly successful and popular in its time, it does not reach up to the artistic and musical levels offered by Massenet's other operas, like Manon, or Thais or Werther. Nevertheless, this is a delightful opera and it is well presented by The Royal Opera. Laurent Pelly created a ingenious setting with movable walls which are covered [in French] with the story of Cinderella, and which open and close book-like.

Revenez plaisirs exilés !

Alcide ou Hercule

Musical based on Jean-Baptiste Lully’s musical piece, Alceste ou Le Triomphe d’Alcide. Directed during the production of the opera staging by music director Jean-Claude Malgoire and stage director Jean-Louis Martinoty.

El festín de Babette

Achille Papin

Nos situamos en la costa danesa a mediados del siglo XIX, en una comunidad dominada por la moral y los prejuicios. La religión se sitúa en el centro de todo a través de todas las restricciones que se puedan imaginar. Para escapar de la represión sórdida del municipio rural, Babette (Stéphane Audran, 'El carnicero'), desembarca una tarde de tormenta en la salvaje costa de Jutland. Se convierte en la mujer de servicio de las dos hijas de un pastor muy puritano y se integra fácilmente en la austera comunidad. Pero después de catorce años en el exilio, recibirá fondos inesperados que le permitirán volver a su patria. Antes de su regreso, para agredecer a todos su hospitalidad, propondrá preparar con ese dinero una gran cena francesa para celebrar el centésimo aniversario del nacimiento del difunto pastor.

Palabra de ley

Ranko

Delon encarna a un policía retirado que vive obsesionado porque no atrapó nunca al asesino de su esposa. Cuando a su hija le quitan la vida vuelve a la acción, dispuesto a llegar hasta el final con todas sus consecuencias.

Carmen de Bizet

Le Dancaïre

Una de las versiones filmadas más populares de la ópera de Bizet "Carmen", inspirada a su vez en la novela de Prosper Mérimée. En la España invadida por las tropas napoleónicas, un soldado francés llamado José se enamora de la bella y temperamental Carmen, pero ella no le corresponde del todo. (FILMAFFINITY)