La Belle Hélène

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.

• Release date
• December 1, 2000
• Runtime
• 153 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Laurent Pelly

Cast

Felicity Lott Hélène, reine de Sparte Yann Beuron Pâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie Michel Sénéchal Ménélas, roi de Sparte Laurent Naouri Agamemnon, roi d'Argos François Le Roux Calchas, grand augure de Jupiter Marie-Ange Todorovitch Oreste, fils d'Agamemnon

E

Eric Huchet Achille, roi de Phthiotis

A

Alain Gabriel Ajax premier, roi de Salamine