La Belle Hélène
La Belle Hélène (2000) Théâtre du Châtelet. Offenbach / French
Movie - 153mins
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.
Cast:
Laurent
Alvaro
Hjördis
Thébault
Stéphanie
d'Oustrac
Magali
Léger
José
Canalès
Felicity
Lott
Yann
Beuron
Michel
Sénéchal
Laurent
Naouri
François
Le
Marie-Ange
Todorovitch
Eric
Huchet
Alain
Gabriel
Laurent
Alvaro
Hjördis
Thébault
Stéphanie
d'Oustrac
Magali
Léger
José
Canalès
Felicity
Lott
Yann
Beuron
Michel
Sénéchal
Laurent
Naouri
François
Le