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.
Release Date: 2000-12-01
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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
Hjördis Thébault
as Bacchis, suivante d'Hélène
Stéphanie d'Oustrac
as Léoena, courtisane
Magali Léger
as Parthénis, courtisane
