Offenbach : Pâris 2nd aria & final of "La Belle Hélène"

[crockerg727]

Le Cul de Venus est un Cul joyeux!

[LibbySingsMezzo]

I bought the DVD for this and have been watching it almost nightly. Love it!

[LibbySingsMezzo]

I love this! Do you have the Mont Ida bit?

[Nadir2711]

Un compositeur génial...pour tous..musiciens,chanteurs,publ­ic...et même pour les critiques ce qui n'est pas peu dire..

.Il n'est pas oublié à Bruniquel (82) où depuis de très nombreuses années il est célébré et honoré chaque année par des artistes spécialisés dans ses oeuvres...et un village qui fait de la figuration de qualité....quel bonheur que cela existe...A consommer sans aucune modération...

[wenarto]

Oh My God - how gay ballet can be but never opera, opera is always tears, laughters, comedy, and drama...but this is ultra hyper gay and the title in french is "Je Suis Gay"

[bondyfr]

@wenarto

Je suis gai means in french I'm happy

[taxiride1]

@wenarto It makes me gay! :) Happy and slightly homo.

[thorwickstrom]

i doesn't get any better than this! merci!

[andymarke]

un grand moment de bonheur .

[AchillesValda]

My favourite operetta, my favourite inscenation...ABSOLUTLY BEST !!!!!

[vanhouttejeanclaude]

la belle helene

[danielaguzmansoprano]

great performance, I love Offenbach!!! so creative!

[ragouttinok]

Soyons-le... c'est la saison !

[drdrey111]

Offenbach est véritablement un compositeur a part entiere (contrairement a certains dires) et merite bien plus de reconnaissance. Bravo en tout cas à Laurent Pelly pour cette excellente mise en scene et aussi a minkowsky pour ramener le compositeur sur le devant de la scène. Vive Offenbach!!!

[giloubreizh]

Il me semble que le texte est "le règne de Vénus" et non "le culte".

[lignedefuite]

N'hésitez pas! En plein Sarko-Napoléon III, n'oubliez pas le mythe n'est qu'un mythe... Il s'effondre aussi facilement que ces héros troyens revus par un compositeur potacho-génial! Merci! Merci! EncOOOOOOre! EncOOOOOOre!

[henrydarthenay]

Je vote immédiatement pour ce programme, sans réserve aucune, vite je cours aux urnes!!!!

[lulustar01]

sublime!

[grmh1810]

géniale la mise en scène. c'est hilarant ça fait du bien

[gayanlgo]

Exactly so! I have to watch this about 10 times every day before and after work. There's nothing quite like it. Beautiful tone and expression. You made my day.

[vob476]

this opera is amazing.. La belle Helena :)

[vob476]

do you think it is on theater in paris atm?!

[jalshagar]

This is amazing, thanks a lot!!!!

[niennalotr]

i guess that the sunglasses refer to the often greek sunshine weather. the sign behing him sais "Visiting the arcaiological area. tickets". on the left on the scene, that square small bulding is what in grecee call "periptero". you can buy almost everything there. also more modern greek signs. the scenografers dressed the scene in a clever and enjoyfull way. nice job

[ragiorgia]

GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!

[Alicuche2]

Hi, I love Yann Beuron, do you know if he has recorded some discs with EMI,Deutsche Grammophon, DECCA or anymore?

[wienerfr]

Hello,

I know he recorded La Belle Hélène and also La grande duchesse de Gerolstein for Emi/Virgin and Iphigénie en Tauride for Archive/DG all with Minkowsksi and Les Musiciens du Louvre for .

[2trans90it]

Offenbach is even funnier when it's not popped up. The old René Liebovits (sp?) recording is absolutely sublime in its idiomatic vulgarity. Offenbach would have loved it. In English it becomes second-rate music-hall.

[ladystockingtops]

We saw an English Language verion of this same show in London a while ago but I like the French version better. It is on DVD but I wonder if this is from a French TV transmission as I am not sure if the camera angles are the same. I'm old enought to remember the Saddlers Wells version of the 1960s that was really good.

[Yobero]

Those sunglasses, hahaha, Love the music!

[thelmaandlouse]

Excellent piece, I found free sheet music for it on SheetMusicFox DOT com and absolutely love it!

[MartinWaddington]

I loved it musically: but I still find opera singers' idea of 'comic acting' pretty dreadful. The best Belle Helene I ever saw was the old Sadlers Wells version in the 1960s, which was truly funny.

[reonat]

La Belle Helene is so funny.

Could you upload songs from the first act like "Au mont Ida, Trois déesses" and "Les rois de la Grèce" ?

[Adenora1756]

Hilarious! The scenery! The costumes! The wonderful (and sexy) tenor AND actor Yann Beuron, and of course Offenbach's musical gags! Priceless!

[saintdebourges]

Soyez gai, c'est le cas de le dire! Minkowski et Pelly nous gâtent encore!