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La belle Hélène : Fair Helen : opera buffa in three acts /

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Offenbach's parody of the origins of the Trojan War. With clever visual humor and Laurent Pelly's staging and costume ideas, the viewer is placed in the imagination of a sex-starved housewife.

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Main Author: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Musiciens du Louvre (Performer), Musiciens du Louvre. Chœur (Performer), Châtelet (Theater : Paris, France), Arthaus Musik (Firm), RM Arts (Firm)
Other Authors: Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897 (Librettist), Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908 (Librettist), Didion, Robert (Editor), Alvaro, Laurent (Performer), Beuron, Yann (Performer), Gabriel, Alain (Performer), Huchet, Eric (Performer), Le Roux, François (Performer), Lott, Felicity (Performer), Léger, Magali (Performer), MacGibbon, Ross (Performer, Director), Minkowski, Marc (Conductor), Naouri, Laurent, 1964- (Performer), Oustrac, Stéphanie d' (Performer), Pelly, Laurent (Performer), Sénéchal, Michel (Performer), Thébault, Hjördis (Performer), Wilson, Colin (Producer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:Sung in French; with optional subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, or Spanish.
Published: [Halle, Saale] : Arthaus Musik, [2011]
Series:Best of operetta ; [1]
Subjects:
Helen, > of Troy, Queen of Sparta > Drama.
Housewives > Drama.
Dreams > Drama.
Operas.
Televised operas.
Filmed operas.
Nonfiction films.
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by Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Published 2009
Video DVD
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