La belle Helene

Composer: Offenbach, Jacques

Librettist/Text Author: Halevy, Ludovic

Librettist/Text Author: Meilhac, Henri

Conductor: Minkowski, Marc

Orchestra: Musiciens du Louvre, Les

Chorus: Musiciens du Louvre Chorus, Les

Achilles: Huchet, Eric

Agamemnon: Naouri, Laurent

Ajax I: Gabriel, Alain

Ajax II: Alvaro, Laurent

Bacchis: Jakobsen, Hjordis

Calchas: Le Roux, Francois

Helen: Lott, Felicity

Leoena: Oustrac, Stephanie d'

Menelaus: Senechal, Michel

Orestes: Torodovitch, Marie-Ange

Paris: Beuron, Yann

Parthoenis: Leger, Magali

Philocome: Canales, Jose

Stage Director: Pelly, Laurent

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Venue: Theatre du Chatelet, Paris

Playing Time: 02:07:01

Catalogue Number: MID13244391

Synopsis

La belle Helene

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La Belle Helene, Jacques Offenbach's 1864 three-act opera bouffe, unfolds just prior to the Trojan War. Offenbach opens with the goddess Venus promising to procure Helen's love for Paris, through Calchas, the High Priest of Jupiter. He subsequently weaves the tale of Paris' seduction of Helen and the virulent chagrin of her husband, Menelaus.

The production of Offenbach's opera by The Theatre Musicale de Paris, Chatelet features a libretto co-written and adapted by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy. Dame Felicity Lott portrays Helen, Yann Beuron is Paris, Michel Senechal is Menelaus, and Francois Le Roux plays Calchas. Les Musiciens du Louvre and the Chorus of the Musiciens du Louvre provide musical accompaniment.