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.

Felicity Lott
Hélène, reine de Sparte

Yann Beuron
Pâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie

Michel Sénéchal
Ménélas, roi de Sparte

Laurent Naouri
Agamemnon, roi d'Argos

François Le Roux
Calchas, grand augure de Jupiter

Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Oreste, fils d'Agamemnon
Eric Huchet
Achille, roi de Phthiotis
Alain Gabriel
Ajax premier, roi de Salamine
Laurent Alvaro
Ajax deuxième, roi des Locriens

Hjördis Thébault
Bacchis, suivante d'Hélène

Stéphanie d'Oustrac
Léoena, courtisane

Magali Léger
Parthénis, courtisane

The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida

Aida - San Francisco Opera
Aida - San Francisco Opera

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca
The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller

Rodelinda
Rodelinda

Der Rosenkavalier
Der Rosenkavalier

Rossini: La cenerentola
Rossini: La cenerentola
The Newspaper
The Newspaper

Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Il Barbiere di Siviglia

The Mikado
The Mikado