Offenbach : Pâris 2nd aria & final of "La Belle Hélène"

From a wonderfully funny & spirited production of Offenbach's "La Belle Hélène", given at Paris Théâtre du Châtelet in 2001.
Hélène of Troy is sung by Felicity Lott, Yann Beuron is Pâris, Michel Sénéchal is Ménélas, Laurent Naouri is Agamemnon, François Le Roux is Calchas...
Mythology at its funniest !
Conductor : Mark Minkowski / Stage production : Laurent Pelly

[@LibbySingsMezzo]

I bought the DVD for this and have been watching it almost nightly. Love it!

[@Nadir2711]

Un compositeur génial...pour tous..musiciens,chanteurs,public...et même pour les critiques ce qui n'est pas peu dire..
.Il n'est pas oublié à Bruniquel (82) où depuis de très nombreuses années il est célébré et honoré chaque année par des artistes spécialisés dans ses oeuvres...et un village qui fait de la figuration de qualité....quel bonheur que cela existe...A consommer sans aucune modération...

[@thorwickstrom]

i doesn't get any better than this! merci!

[@eustochium2275]

Toute mon adolescence :) Je ne sais pas combien de fois je l'ai vu...

[@operabilia]

Et quel plaisir de revoir et écouter le grand, l'immense et irremplaçable MICHEL SENECHAL dans une grande leçon de style ....

[@danielaguzmansoprano]

great performance, I love Offenbach!!! so creative!

[@andymarke]

un grand moment de bonheur .

[@vob476]

this opera is amazing.. La belle Helena :)

[@2trans90it]

Offenbach is even funnier when it's not popped up. The old René Liebovits (sp?) recording is absolutely sublime in its idiomatic vulgarity. Offenbach would have loved it. In English it becomes second-rate music-hall.

[@LibbySingsMezzo]

I love this! Do you have the Mont Ida bit?

[@ladystockingtops]

We saw an English Language verion of this same show in London a while ago but I like the French version better. It is on DVD but I wonder if this is from a French TV transmission as I am not sure if the camera angles are the same. I'm old enought to remember the Saddlers Wells version of the 1960s that was really good.

[@giloubreizh]

Il me semble que le texte est "le règne de Vénus" et non "le culte".

[@vob476]

do you think it is on theater in paris atm?!

[@bondyfr]

@wenarto
Je suis gai means in french I'm happy

[@vanhouttejeanclaude]

la belle helene