Offenbach: (La) Belle Hélène

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Offenbach: (La) Belle Hélène

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Title: Offenbach: (La) Belle Hélène

Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880); (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)

Main Performer: Alban Derroja (Baritone); André Balbon (Baritone); André Dran (Tenor); Armand Duval (Tenor); Fanély Révoil (Soprano)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Paris Philharmonic Choir; Paris Philharmonic Orchestra; Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus

Date of Release: 14/04/2003

Label / Distributor: Regis / Regis

Pieces in Set: 2

Running Time: 2 hours 13 minutes

Genre(s): Stage works

Stereo: Stereo

EAN: 5055031320622

Work 1

Work Title: (La) Belle Hélène, 'Beautiful Helen'

Excerpt(s): 1. Overture (prep. E Haensch); ACT 1 - Vers tes autels, Jupin (chorus); C'est le devoir des jeunes filles (Chorus of girls)
2. Amours divins! (Helen); Entrez, vite, Grande Reine! (Calchas, Helen)
3. Au cabaret du labyrinthe (Oreste, Calchas, chorus); Tzing la la (Oreste, chorus)
4. Quoi?...Là-bas dans l'azur (melodrame)
5. Homme de 20 anns (melodrame)
6. Au mont Ida (Paris)
7. Voici les rois de la Grèce (chorus); Ces rois remplis de vaillance (Kings); Nous commençons (ensemble); Fanfare! (Helen,
8. Gloire (finale)
9. ACT 2 - Entr'acte
10. Ô Reine, en ce jour (Helen, Bacchus, chorus)
11. On me nomme Hélène la Blonde (Hélène)
12. Le voici le Roi des Rois (March of the goose)
13. Vous le voyez (Gambling Scene)
14. En couronnes, tressons les roses (Helen, Paris, chorus)
15. C'est le ciel qui m'envoie (Helen, Paris)
16. A moi! Rois de la Grèce (finale: ensemble)
17. ACT 3 - Entr'acte
18. Dansons, buvons (Oreste, chorus); Vénus au fond de notre âme (Oreste, chorus); Oh mais alors ce n'était pas un rêve (mel
19. Là vrai, je ne suis pas coupable (Hélène)
20. Lorsque le Grèce (Menelaus, Calchas, Agamemnon)
21. La galère de Cythère (chorus); Et tout d'abord, ô vile multitude (Paris, chorus)
22. Elle vient, c'est elle (finale: ensemble)

Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1864

Conductor: René Leibowitz

Orchestra / Ensemble: Paris Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: Paris Philharmonic Choir

Main Performer: Alban Derroja (Baritone), André Balbon (Baritone), André Dran (Tenor), Armand Duval (Tenor), Fanély Révoil (Soprano), Jacques Linoslas (Bass), Janie Linda (Soprano), Janine Weishardt (Soprano), Jean Hoffman (Baritone), Jean Mollien (Tenor), Jeanne Mattio (Mezzo soprano), Loly Valdarini (Mezzo soprano), Lucie Thelin (Soprano), Lucien Mans (Bass), René Bonneval (Baritone), René Hérent (Tenor), Roger Giraud (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Alban Derroja (Hérisson de Porc-Epic), André Balbon (Siroco), André Dran (Paris), Armand Duval (Ajax I), Fanély Révoil (Lazuli), Jacques Linoslas (Agamennon), Janie Linda (Hélène), Janine Weishardt (Bacchis), Jean Hoffman (Ajax II), Jean Mollien (Achille), Jeanne Mattio (Aloès), Loly Valdarini (Oreste), Lucie Thelin (Princess Laoula), Lucien Mans (Calchas), René Bonneval (Tapioca), René Hérent (King Ouf I), Roger Giraud (Ménélas)

Work 2

Work Title: (L') Étoile

Excerpt(s): 1. Aussitôt que l'aurore

Composer: (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1877

Conductor: Roger Desormière

Orchestra / Ensemble: Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus

Main Performer: Alban Derroja (Baritone), André Balbon (Baritone), André Dran (Tenor), Armand Duval (Tenor), Fanély Révoil (Soprano), Jacques Linoslas (Bass), Janie Linda (Soprano), Janine Weishardt (Soprano), Jean Hoffman (Baritone), Jean Mollien (Tenor), Jeanne Mattio (Mezzo soprano), Loly Valdarini (Mezzo soprano), Lucie Thelin (Soprano), Lucien Mans (Bass), René Bonneval (Baritone), René Hérent (Tenor), Roger Giraud (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Alban Derroja (Hérisson de Porc-Epic), André Balbon (Siroco), André Dran (Paris), Armand Duval (Ajax I), Fanély Révoil (Lazuli), Jacques Linoslas (Agamennon), Janie Linda (Hélène), Janine Weishardt (Bacchis), Jean Hoffman (Ajax II), Jean Mollien (Achille), Jeanne Mattio (Aloès), Loly Valdarini (Oreste), Lucie Thelin (Princess Laoula), Lucien Mans (Calchas), René Bonneval (Tapioca), René Hérent (King Ouf I), Roger Giraud (Ménélas)

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