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La Belle Hélène (2000)

Dec 01, 2000 Music 2h 33m
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8.5/10

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.

Laurent Pelly
Director
Henri Meilhac
Writer
Ludovic Halévy
Writer
Ross MacGibbon
Director
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