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La belle Hélène / by Jacques Offenbach ; from the Théâtre musical de Paris-Châtelet.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 209
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta.
- Operas--Librettos.
- Operas.
- Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta--Drama.
- Helen.
- Genre:
- Television musicals.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Librettos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [2004]
- Language Note:
- Sung in French; subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; soundtrack in Dolby surround 5.1.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- 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. Stars Dame Felicity Lott.
- Participant:
- Dame Felicity Lott, Magali Léger, sopranos ; Hjördis Thébault, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-sopranos ; Yann Beuron, Michel Sénéchal, tenors ; François Le Roux, baritone ; Laurent Naouri, bass ; Le Choeur et Musiciens du Louvre ; Marc Minkowski, conductor.
- Credits:
- Costumes and stage direction, Laurent Pelly; sets, Chantal Thomas; lighting, Joël Adam; choreography, Laura Scozzi; producer, Colin Wilson; directed by Ross MacGibbon.
- Notes:
- Opera buffa in 3 acts.
- Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
- Bonus feature: "Behind the scenes."
- ISBN:
- 0769729169
- 9780769729169
- OCLC:
- 56053107
- Publisher Number:
- 032031291690
- D2916 Kultur
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