Jeroen Phaff (1965- ) is a Dutch musical artist. He played the role of The Cowardly Lion in De musical The Wiz.
Biography[]
Phaff is the eldest son in a family with two younger sisters. From 1973 he spent his childhood in Breda . After completing havo, Phaff studied classical singing with Bernard Kruysen and Hans Smout . He became known to the wider public with the talent show A Star is Born (presented at the time by Ron Brandsteder ). Phaff married Marleen van der Loo , also a Dutch musical actor, on July 7 , 1998 . They met during Evita , where he played Perón and she played the mistress. Together they had a daughter.
Phaff performed as a baritone in various choirs, including the Groot Omroepkoor and the World Youth Choir . His repertoire is diverse. In addition to works by Bach , Mussorgsky and Poulenc , he also sings music by Sting and Randy Newman . He also performed alongside Wilma Driessen in a promenade concert. He also appeared in the television program A Star is Born. Phaff has also narrated a number of cartoons such as: Ratjetoe in Paris , De Snorkels and Zoostraat 64 . Since 2010, Jeroen has been part of the semi-classical trio Forte (together with Rolf van Rijsbergen and Rein Kolpa). He is also part of the Grand Choir of the Dutch Opera. He is a teacher at the Public Regional School Community "Lek en Linge" in Culemborg where he teaches German and Drama.
Musicals[]
- 1993/1994: The Phantom of the Opera (Dutch version): ensemble, understudy Raoul
- 1995: Tanz der Vampire ( Roman Polanski , in Vienna : understudy Count Krolock
- 1995/1996: Evita : Juan Perón
- 1997: Les Miserables (German version): Bisschop, Lesgles and ensemble member
- 1998: The Nightingale ( Theo Loevendie ): the narrator
- 1998: L'Histoire du soldat ( Ramus and Igor Stravinsky ): the devil and the soldier
- 1999/2001: Elisabeth (Netherlands): Emperor Franz-Josef
- 2001: The Griezelbus : Ferluci (~Lucifer)
- 2001/2002: Aida : Zoser
- 2004/2005: The Lion King : walk-in cover for Scar and Pumba
- 2005/2006: Jesus Christ Superstar : Pontius Pilate and understudy Judas
- 2006: The Wiz : The Cowardly Lion
- 2006: Chess : Anatoly Sergievsky (role was taken over halfway by Henk Poort )
- 2007/2008: Tarzan : Korchak
- 2009: Pipo and the stolen voice: Fat Door
- 2009/2010: Footloose : Reverend Shaw Moore
- 2010: Sondheim sing a long : soloist
- 2010: Sunday in the Park with George : soloist
- 2010/2011: Crumb : Wilkes
- 2011: Vloed, in the wake of Adriana: soloist
- 2012/2013: Bernarda Alba : ensemble
- 2015: Wickie the Viking : Terrible Sven
- 2016: Chaplin : Mack Sennett
- 2017: Tom's Magical Toy Shop : Adler and Hades
- 2019/2020: Kinky Boots : Mr Price
- 2020/2021: '40-'45 (musical) : Schultze
- 2021/2022: One, the musical: Cheops