Offenbach: La Belle Hélène
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Canada DVD Cover InformationActor: Felicity Lott, François Le Roux, Michel Sénéchal, Yann BeuronBrand: La Belle Composer: Jacques Offenbach Conductor: Marc Minkowski Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvres - Grenoble DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Original Language) Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.78:1 Running Time: 126 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-06-29 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Kultur Video Movie Reviews of Offenbach: La Belle HélèneMovie Review: Delightful Belle Helene
Certainly the best Helene I've seen on DVD with almost perfect sound, this production lives up to this style of social satire of upper crust Belle Epoque French society, where an enraged husband's wrath upon finding his wife in bed with a lover is actually taken to task by everyone else for not properly warning her that he was coming home, and therefore the blame for the scandal is entirely his! The director's sense of the ridiculous extended to the fun costuming. I thought Lott's performance was enchanting simply because she is living her dream, and lord knows her Paris is no GQ model either, but they both sing the difficult roles beautifully (she's allowed to use the French version of the score's mezzo aria in Act III, although I really prefer the German version's coloratura tri-partite fireworks), and they include the Act III Patriotic Trio, another favorite. This is social satire at its most stinging, especially if the viewer has familiarized him/herself with the Parisian society of Offenbach's time. The slams at organized, cynical religion are right on target as well. Tempos are fine, attitude is wonderful, what's not to enjoy? Even the subtitles are accurate!
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