The read
It runs long at 2h 33m.
Synopsis
This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as always he seems to still retain the Offenbach magic. La Lott and Monsieur Beuron are a joy, but so is everyone else. The Patriotic Trio by the sea is both a hoot and wonderfully sung, the score seems truly complete yet never flags and the finale sequences for especially acts 1 & 2 are a joy of movement and sound fused as one glorious Offenbachian moment.
Ratings
IMDb8.5/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Laurent PellyDirector
- Ludovic HalévyWriter
- Jacques OffenbachOriginal Music Composer
- Ross MacGibbonDirector
- Henri MeilhacWriter
Cast
- Felicity LottHélène, reine de Sparte
- Yann BeuronPâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie
- Michel SénéchalMénélas, roi de Sparte
- Laurent NaouriAgamemnon, roi d'Argos
- François Le RouxCalchas, grand augure de Jupiter
- Marie-Ange TodorovitchOreste, fils d'Agamemnon
- Eric HuchetAchille, roi de Phthiotis
- Alain GabrielAjax premier, roi de Salamine
- Laurent AlvaroAjax deuxième, roi des Locriens
- Hjördis ThébaultBacchis, suivante d'Hélène
- Stéphanie d'OustracLéoena, courtisane
- Magali LégerParthénis, courtisane
Themes
opera live performance