La Belle Helene - BLU-RAY
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Jacques Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (1864) has always been one of it's composer's most successful works. • It's first, slightly scandalizing performance in Paris was quickly followed by productions in Vienna, Berlin, London, Milan and New York. • A satire of middle-class values, this opéra bouffe - told through the story of Paris and Helen, and her abduction by the Trojan prince disguised as a shepherd - pillories narrow-mindedness in society. • Adopting a pro-active stance, director Renaud Doucet and designer André Barbe treat the piece as a Inchgreat showInch with numerous choreographic elements, relocating the action of Offenbach's classical spoof and setting it on a cruise ship in the 1960s, when Flower Power, love and drugs were all the rage. • InchLa Belle Hélène is a firework display for ears and eyes...Inch (Hamburger Morgenpost), Inchopulent and amusingInch (Bild), and, in the title role, Jennifer Larmore convinces with her Inchfantastic vocal performance.Inch (Das Opernglas)
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- GenreMusicDescriptionJacques Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (1864) has always been one of it's composer's most successful works. • It's first, slightly scandalizing performance in Paris was quickly followed by productions in Vienna, Berlin, London, Milan and New York. • A satire of middle-class values, this opéra bouffe - told through the story of Paris and Helen, and her abduction by the Trojan prince disguised as a shepherd - pillories narrow-mindedness in society. • Adopting a pro-active stance, director Renaud Doucet and designer André Barbe treat the piece as a Inchgreat showInch with numerous choreographic elements, relocating the action of Offenbach's classical spoof and setting it on a cruise ship in the 1960s, when Flower Power, love and drugs were all the rage. • InchLa Belle Hélène is a firework display for ears and eyes...Inch (Hamburger Morgenpost), Inchopulent and amusingInch (Bild), and, in the title role, Jennifer Larmore convinces with her Inchfantastic vocal performance.Inch (Das Opernglas)TitleLa Belle HeleneFormatBlu-rayMPAA RatingNRStudioC Major
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Jacques Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (1864) has always been one of it's composer's most successful works. • It's first, slightly scandalizing performance in Paris was quickly followed by productions in Vienna, Berlin, London, Milan and New York. • A satire of middle-class values, this opéra bouffe - told through the story of Paris and Helen, and her abduction by the Trojan prince disguised as a shepherd - pillories narrow-mindedness in society. • Adopting a pro-active stance, director Renaud Doucet and designer André Barbe treat the piece as a Inchgreat showInch with numerous choreographic elements, relocating the action of Offenbach's classical spoof and setting it on a cruise ship in the 1960s, when Flower Power, love and drugs were all the rage. • InchLa Belle Hélène is a firework display for ears and eyes...Inch (Hamburger Morgenpost), Inchopulent and amusingInch (Bild), and, in the title role, Jennifer Larmore convinces with her Inchfantastic vocal performance.Inch (Das Opernglas)
Jacques Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (1864) has always been one of it's composer's most successful works. • It's first, slightly scandalizing performance in Paris was quickly followed by productions in Vienna, Berlin, London, Milan and New York. • A satire of middle-class values, this opéra bouffe - told through the story of Paris and Helen, and her abduction by the Trojan prince disguised as a shepherd - pillories narrow-mindedness in society. • Adopting a pro-active stance, director Renaud Doucet and designer André Barbe treat the piece as a Inchgreat showInch with numerous choreographic elements, relocating the action of Offenbach's classical spoof and setting it on a cruise ship in the 1960s, when Flower Power, love and drugs were all the rage. • InchLa Belle Hélène is a firework display for ears and eyes...Inch (Hamburger Morgenpost), Inchopulent and amusingInch (Bild), and, in the title role, Jennifer Larmore convinces with her Inchfantastic vocal performance.Inch (Das Opernglas)
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