La Belle Hélène

La Belle Hélène

153 mins | Music | Dec. 1, 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.

La Belle Hélène

153 mins | Music | Dec. 1, 2000

La Belle Hélène
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.
Producers Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet, Arthaus Musik
Original title La Belle Hélène
Directors Laurent Pelly, Ross MacGibbon
Writers Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy

Cast

Felicity Lott

as Hélène, reine de Sparte

Yann Beuron

as Pâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie

Michel Sénéchal

as Ménélas, roi de Sparte

Laurent Naouri

as Agamemnon, roi d'Argos

François Le Roux

as Calchas, grand augure de Jupiter

Marie-Ange Todorovitch

as Oreste, fils d'Agamemnon

Eric Huchet

as Achille, roi de Phthiotis

Alain Gabriel

as Ajax premier, roi de Salamine

Laurent Alvaro

as Ajax deuxième, roi des Locriens

Hjördis Thébault

as Bacchis, suivante d'Hélène

Stéphanie d'Oustrac

as Léoena, courtisane

Magali Léger

as Parthénis, courtisane

José Canalès

as Philocome