Lansing Hatfield (February 4, 1910 – August 22, 1954) was an American bass-baritone and radio personality who had an active performance career in operas, operettas, musicals, and concerts from mid 1930s until the late 1940s.
[20] He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House on December 29, 1941 as Monterone in Verdi's Rigoletto with Robert Weede in the title role and Ettore Panizza conducting.
[21] Other roles he sang at the Met through 1944 included Abimélech in Camille Saint-Saëns's Samson and Delilah, Armoured Man in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute, The King of Egypt in Aida, Lavitsky in Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, a Noblemen of Brabant in Richard Wagner's Lohengrin, Pinellino in Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and Zuniga in Georges Bizet's Carmen.
[21] His final performance at the Met was on February 26, 1944 as Schlemil in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann with Raoul Jobin in the title role, Patrice Munsel as Olympia, Mack Harrell as Lindorff, and Thomas Beecham conducting.
[21] In 1942 Hatfield performed the title role in Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah at the Worcester Music Festival, Massachusetts with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Eugene Ormandy.
[25] In 1944-1945 Lansing returned to Broadway as Reverend Alfred Davidson in Howard Dietz and Rouben Mamoulian's musical Sadie Thompson at the Alvin Theatre; starring opposite June Havoc.
[30] In 1950 Lansing and his wife, Irene Sticht, moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where he worked for local radio stations and was the music director of the Grove Park Inn.