Laffitte, Léon
(1875–1938)> VOCALIST
Laffitte, Léon (28 January 1875, Saint-Geniès; September 1938, Paris), vocalist, made his debut in David of Les Maîtres Chanteurs de Nuremberg on 10 October 1898 almost immediately after completing his studies at the Conservatoire. Although he was attached to the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels during the first part of his career (1905-14), he remained closely associated with the Garnier theatre at other times, and eventually he became one of the outstanding tenors at the Paris opera house…