La Belle Hélène

La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French

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2000 / 153min.

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Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

Felicity Lott

Laurent Naouri

Michel Sénéchal

Yann Beuron

Eric Huchet

François Le Roux

Marie-Ange Todorovitch

Alain Gabriel

Laurent Alvaro

Hjördis Thébault

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