LA BELLE HELENE A LAUSANNE
A masterpiece by Jacques Offenbach, the work confirmed the composer's international renown. The libretto caricatures Greek mythology to mock contemporary French society, parodying certain leading lights of the time...
A comic opera in three acts, created in Paris in 1864, recorded in December 2019 at the Opéra de Lausanne.
Music: Jacques Offenbach
Libretto: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
Conductor: Pierre Dumoussaud
Director: Michel Fau
By the Sinfonietta de Lausanne and the choir of the Opéra de Lausanne
Choirmaster: Jacques Blanc
Cast: Julien Dran (Paris), Michel Fau (Menelaus), Julie Robard-Gendre (Helen), Christophe Lacassagne (Agamemnon), Jean-Claude Saragosse (Calchas), Jean-Francis Monvoisin (Achilles), Pier-Yves Têtu (Ajax the First), Hoël Troadec (Ajax the Second), Jérôme Vavasseur (Orestes), Marie Daher (Bacchis)