La Bete Et la Belle - BLU-RAY

La Bete Et la Belle [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Released 2015 product/publication from BBC / Opus Arte

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)

Rudderless since losing her mother, shy teenager Suzu (voiced by Kaho Nakamura) rediscovered joy in both life and song when she joined the popular virtual domain InchUInch-and her avatar InchBelleInch became a viral vocal sensation. Intrigued after her concert's audaciously crashed by the mysterious user InchDragonInch (Takeru Satoh), she seeks to learn his identity-and shield him from furious IRL authorities, in Mamoru Hosoda's popular anime fantasy. 121 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English. Three-disc set. In Japanese with English subtitles.