La Belle Hélène

Plot Summary

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