Offenbach's La Belle Hélène

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Offenbach's_La_Belle_Hélène
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn myth of Helen's elopement with Paris
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Jacques_Offenbach
gptkbp:duration about 2 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:France
gptkbp:genre opéra bouffe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Offenbach's La Belle Hélène
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:notableProduction London, 1866
Vienna, 1865
New York, 1871
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Decca,_1973,_conducted_by_Richard_Bonynge
gptkb:EMI,_1963,_conducted_by_René_Leibowitz
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:setting Ancient Greece
gptkbp:subject satire of classical mythology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Théâtre_de_l'Académie_Royale_de_Musique,_Paris
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7