La Belle Hélène

La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French

  • Rated 7.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2000
  • 2h 33m
  • Music

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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Director
Laurent Pelly
Starring
Felicity Lott, Yann Beuron, Michel Sénéchal, Laurent Naouri

Cast

  • Felicity Lott

    Felicity Lott

    Hélène, reine de Sparte

  • Yann Beuron

    Yann Beuron

    Pâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie

  • Michel Sénéchal

    Michel Sénéchal

    Ménélas, roi de Sparte

  • Laurent Naouri

    Laurent Naouri

    Agamemnon, roi d'Argos

  • François Le Roux

    François Le Roux

    Calchas, grand augure de Jupiter

  • Marie-Ange Todorovitch

    Marie-Ange Todorovitch

    Oreste, fils d'Agamemnon

  • Eric Huchet

    Achille, roi de Phthiotis

  • Alain Gabriel

    Ajax premier, roi de Salamine

  • Laurent Alvaro

    Ajax deuxième, roi des Locriens

  • Hjördis Thébault

    Hjördis Thébault

    Bacchis, suivante d'Hélène

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