La Belle Hélène
8.5
“La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French”
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.
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Felicity Lott
Hélène, reine de Sparte
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Yann Beuron
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Michel Sénéchal
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Alain Gabriel
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Hjördis Thébault
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Stéphanie d'Oustrac
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Magali Léger
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Ross MacGibbon Director · Laurent Pelly Director Ludovic Halévy Writer
First release December 1, 2000 · Produced in France · Production Arthaus Musik
Production
Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet
Production
Arthaus Musik
Production
France
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 1, 2000
Theatrical · Live performance
No release date listed for United States.
France
October 27, 2008 · Theatrical
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