Timothy Lafontaine
Recent performances for TIMOTHY LAFONTAINE included a return to Fresno Grand Opera to sing
Ping in their production of Puccini’s Turandot, the title role in Gianni Schicchi for Skylight
Opera Theatre, Germont in Verdi’s La Traviata with the Hudson Opera Theater and the role of Sharpless
in Madama Butterfly with the Harrisburg Opera Additional credits include the title role in Verdi’s
Rigoletto with Harrisburg Opera and Opera Ginasio di Portugal, Dr. Bartolo in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di
Siviglia for the Produçao Exmovere Festival in Lisbon, the Metropolitan Opera Guild and Harrisburg Opera,
Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte for the Harrisburg Opera and Gubetta in Lucretia Borgia with Opera Orchestra
of New York, Steno in Opera Orchestra of New York's performance of Donizetti's Marino Falliero, Frank in
Strauss' Die Fledermaus for Fresno Grand Opera, Amonasro in Aida with the Hudson Opera Theater and the
role of Il Pricipe in Opera Orchestra of New York's Young Artist performance of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur.
He made his Carnegie Hall debut singing the role of Méru in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots with Opera Orchestra
of New York and sang the role of Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor for the Orchestral Society of Philadelphia.
Additional roles include Mrcello in La Boheme, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro,
Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana and Leporello in Don Giovanni.
Mr. Lafontaine also enjoys an active career in concert and oratorio. Recent engagements include a recital at the Teatro Gymnasio and a Verdi Concert at the Geronimo Monastery both in Lisbon, Portugal, Rossini's La Petite Messe Solennelle with Montreal's L'Orchestre Symphonique du Nouveau Monde and Verdi's Requiem with the Queens College Chorus and Symphony. During the Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center, Mr. Lafontaine sang the baritone solo in Mozart’s Waisenhausmesse with the Goliard Consort. He has sung the baritone solo in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Brooklyn Performing Arts, Bach’s Kaffee Kantate with the Virginia Beach Pops Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Chorus and Handel’s Samson and Alexander’s Feast with the Great Neck Choral Society.