Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Nicole Chevalier

Helen

Tenor

Tansel Akzeybek

Pâris

Christoph Späth

Ménélas

Baritone

Dominik Köninger

Agamemnon

Bass

Stefan Sevenich

Calchas

Soprano

Karolina Gumos

Oreste

Maria Fiselier

Uwe Schönbeck

Achille

Tom Erik Lie

Ajax I

Philipp Meierhöfer

Ajax II

Stage director

Barrie Kosky

Conductor

Michele Spotti

Lighting designer

Diego Leetz

Costume designer

Buki Shiff

Set designer

Rufus Didwiszus

Choreographer

Otto Pichler

Dramaturge

Johanna Wall

Chorus master

David Cavelius

Komische Oper Berlin

Orchestra

Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

German

La Belle Hélène -  (The Fair Helen)

Berlin

Germany

Komische Oper

La Belle Hélène Offenbach

Public

The Fair Helen

Approved

Zur Produktion: http://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/spielplan/die-schoene-helena/Jacques Offenbach»Die schöne Helena«Opéra bouffe in drei Akten (1864)Text von...

At the court of Sparta, Helena, known as the most beautiful woman in the world, is thoroughly bored at the side of her husband, King Menelaus, when suddenly a mysterious – and damnably attractive – shepherd appears and injects plenty of life back into this dull society. What other choice does Helen, a loyal servant of Venus, ultimately have than to lustfully submit to her fate?

In this fast-paced, brilliant antique travesty by Jacques Offenbach, so-called good sense is thoroughly torn from its rotten hinges. Under Barry Kosky's direction, the melodies, legs and dialogue veritably whirl before the audience's eyes, brain and ears, and of course around the undisputed centre of these goings-on: the beautiful Helen.

English

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Crew

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