La Belle Hélène (2000)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Ross MacGibbon
- Laurent Pelly
Writing:
- Henri Meilhac
- Ludovic Halévy
Stars:
Release Date: 2000-12-01
- Country: FR
- Language: Français
- Runtime: 153
Ménélas, roi de Sparte
Agamemnon, roi d'Argos
Oreste, fils d'Agamemnon
Calchas, grand augure de Jupiter
Hélène, reine de Sparte
Pâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie
Bacchis, suivante d'Hélène
Léoena, courtisane
Parthénis, courtisane