La Belle Hélène

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 1, 2000

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet,Arthaus Musik

Cast

Michel Sénéchal,Laurent Alvaro,Magali Léger,Stéphanie d'Oustrac,José Canalès,Felicity Lott,François Le Roux,Hjördis Thébault,Yann Beuron,Eric Huchetand 3 more

Director

Ross MacGibbon,Laurent Pelly

Writer

Ludovic Halévy,Henri Meilhac

Music

Jacques Offenbach

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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