La Belle Hélène (2000)
This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as always he seems to still retain the Offenbach magic. La Lott and Monsieur Beuron are a joy, but so is everyone else. The Patriotic Trio by the sea is both a hoot and wonderfully sung, the score seems truly complete yet never flags and the finale sequences for especially acts 1 & 2 are a joy of movement and sound fused as one glorious Offenbachian moment.
Directors: Laurent Pelly, Ross MacGibbon.
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Felicity Lott as Hélène, reine de Sparte |
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Yann Beuron as Pâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie |
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Michel Sénéchal as Ménélas, roi de Sparte |
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Laurent Naouri as Agamemnon, roi d'Argos |
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François Le Roux as Calchas, grand augure de Jupiter |
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Marie-Ange Todorovitch as Oreste, fils d'Agamemnon |
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Eric Huchet as Achille, roi de Phthiotis |
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Alain Gabriel as Ajax premier, roi de Salamine |
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Laurent Alvaro as Ajax deuxième, roi des Locriens |
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Hjördis Thébault as Bacchis, suivante d'Hélène |
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Stéphanie d'Oustrac as Léoena, courtisane |
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Magali Léger as Parthénis, courtisane |
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José Canalès as Philocome |
| Directing | Laurent Pelly | Director |
| Sound | Jacques Offenbach | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Henri Meilhac | Writer |
| Writing | Ludovic Halévy | Writer |
| Directing | Ross MacGibbon | Director |
| Sound | Marc Minkowski | Conductor |
