Offenbach - La Belle Hélène (Felicity Lott with Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski) | Act 1/3

From the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris,
Laurent Pelly’s production of Offenbach’s parody of the origins of the Trojan War combines a musically superb performance with a stream of visual humor that flows from his core idea that the action all takes place in the imagination of a sleeping, sex-starved, suburban housewife.

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Felicity Lott - Helen, Queen of Sparta
Yann Beuron - Paris, song of King Priam
Alain Gabriel - Ajax I, King of Salamis
Laurent Alvaro - Ajax II, King of Locris
François Le Roux - Calchas, High Priest of Jupiter
Magali Léger - Parthoenis, a courtesan
Éric Huchet - Achilles, King of Phthiotis
Michel Sénéchal - Menelaus, King of Sparta
Marie-Ange Todorovitch - Orestes, son of Agamemnon
Hjördis Thébault - Bacchis, Helen's attendant
Stéphanie d'Oustrac - Leoena, a courtesan

Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble
Chorus of the Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski - conductor

Laurent Pelly - stage direction and costumes
Chantal Thomas - sets
Laura Scozzi - Choreography
Joel Adam - Lighting

The stage explodes with gaiety and invention throughout. Felicity Lott is magnificent as Helen and Yann Beuron makes a tasty and virile young Paris. Mark Minkowski conducts. This live recording comes from the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

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