La belle Hélène = The fair Helen : opéra bouffe in 3 acts / libretto, Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halevy ; music, Jacques Offenbach ; dialogue, Helmut Lohner & Ulrich Peter ; stage director, Helmut Lohner ; television director, Hartmut Schottler ; produced by ZDF/RM Arts.

A light-hearted opera based on the story of Helen of Troy, La belle Hélène satirizes the social mores of the declining Parisian upper classes under the Second Empire.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Opernhaus Zürich (Performer)
Reiner Moritz Associates
RM Arts (Firm)
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Other Authors: Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897 (Librettist)
Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908 (Librettist)
Lohner, Helmut
Peter, Ulrich
Schottler, Hartmut
Kasarova, Vesselina (Performer)
Van der Walt, Deon (Performer)
Chausson, Carlos (Performer)
Vogel, Volker, 1950-
Widmer, Oliver (Performer)
Harnoncourt, Nikolaus (Conductor)
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Language:French
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Sung in French with English subtitles.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Chatsworth, Calif. : RM Associates ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, Inc., [2001], ©1997.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Operas > Television adaptations.
Helen, > of Troy, Queen of Sparta > Drama.
Helen, > of Troy, Queen of Sparta.
Operas.
Drama.
Television adaptations.
Filmed performances.
Genre:
Drama.
Television adaptations.
Operas.
Filmed performances.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Fair Helen. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD

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