La Belle Hélène
La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French
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.
Top 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
Eric Huchet
Achille, roi de Phthiotis
Alain Gabriel
Ajax premier, roi de Salamine
Laurent Alvaro
Ajax deuxième, roi des Locriens
Hjördis Thébault
Bacchis, suivante d'Hélène
Stéphanie d'Oustrac
Léoena, courtisane
Magali Léger
Parthénis, courtisane
José Canalès
Philocome
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