Offenbach: La Belle Helene
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.731004

By Larmore; Han; Galliard; Rud; Loeb; Philharmoniker Hamburg; Priessnitz. By Jacques Offenbach. Sound: DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM 2.0; Region: 0; Aspect Ratio: 16:9. Classical. 1 BluRay. With Language: French; Subtitles: French (original language), English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean. Duration 117 minutes. Published by C Major Entertainment (NX.731004).

UPC: 814337013103. Directed by: Marcus Richardt.

Jacques Offenbach's La Belle Helene has always been one of its composer's most successful works. Its first performance in Paris was quickly followed by productions in Vienna, Berlin, London, Milan and New York. A satire of middle-class values, this opera bouffe pillories narrow-mindedness in society. Adopting a pro-active stance, director Renaud Doucet and designer Andre Barbe treat the piece as a "great show" 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. "La Belle Helene is a firework display for ears and eyes" (Hamburger Morgenpost), "opulent and amusing" (Bild), and in the title role Jennifer Larmore convinces with her "fantastic vocal performance" (Das Opernglas).