La Belle Hélène (Offenbach)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/La_Belle_Hélène_(Offenbach)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:La_Belle_Hélène_(film,_1975)
gptkbp:basedOn myth of Helen's elopement with Paris
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Jacques_Offenbach
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:France
gptkbp:duration approximately 2 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed 1864
gptkbp:genre satirical
opéra bouffe
parodic
gptkbp:hasChorus mixed chorus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label La Belle Hélène (Offenbach)
gptkbp:influenced later operettas
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Henri_Meilhac
gptkb:Ludovic_Halévy
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Menelaus
gptkb:Helen_of_Troy
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Amours_divins
gptkb:Au_mont_Ida,_trois_déesses
Dis-moi, Vénus
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:René_Leibowitz
gptkb:Marc_Minkowski
gptkb:Michel_Plasson
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Peter_Hall
gptkb:Maurice_Lehmann
gptkb:Laurent_Pelly
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Félicien_David
gptkb:Hortense_Schneider
gptkbp:notableProduction 1865 Vienna production
1866 London production
1867 New York production
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:orchestration gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:La_Belle_Hélène
gptkbp:premiereDate 1864-12-17
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Théâtre_des_Variétés,_Paris
gptkbp:recordedAt gptkb:Decca,_1952,_conducted_by_René_Leibowitz
EMI Classics, 1973, conducted by Michel Plasson
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival,_2015
gptkb:Opéra_National_de_Paris,_2000
gptkbp:setting Ancient Greece
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Trojan_War
gptkb:Helen_of_Troy
gptkb:Paris_(mythology)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jean-Pierre_Ponnelle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5