La Belle Hélène

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La Belle Hélène is a comic operetta by Jacques Offenbach with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy that satirically retells the story of Helen of Troy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic opera
operetta
basedOn myth of Helen of Troy
story of Paris and Helen
composer Jacques Offenbach NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
firstPerformanceDate 1864-12-17
firstPublisher Choudens NERFINISHED
genre comic opera
operetta
opéra bouffe
hasCharacter Achille NERFINISHED
Agamemnon NERFINISHED
Ajax I NERFINISHED
Ajax II NERFINISHED
Bacchis NERFINISHED
Calchas, high priest NERFINISHED
Hélène, queen of Sparta NERFINISHED
Léoena NERFINISHED
Ménélas, king of Sparta NERFINISHED
Oreste, son of Agamemnon NERFINISHED
Paris, son of Priam NERFINISHED
Parthoenis NERFINISHED
hasTheme adultery
fate and prophecy
satire of classical mythology
language French
librettist Henri Meilhac NERFINISHED
Ludovic Halévy NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Calchas NERFINISHED
Hélène NERFINISHED
Ménélas NERFINISHED
Oreste NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation Sparta NERFINISHED
Troy NERFINISHED
notableAria "Au mont Ida, trois déesses"
notableNumber "Je suis belle, je suis belle"
numberOfActs 3
originalTitleLanguage French
partOfRepertoire standard operetta repertoire
premiereCity Paris NERFINISHED
premiereLocation Théâtre des Variétés NERFINISHED
satirizes Second French Empire society
contemporary morals of 19th-century France
settingPeriod mythological ancient Greece
structure three-act opéra bouffe
timeOfComposition 1864

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Ludovic Halévy notableWork La Belle Hélène
Ludovic Halévy wroteLibrettoFor La Belle Hélène
Henri Meilhac notableWork La Belle Hélène
Henri Meilhac wroteLibrettoFor La Belle Hélène
Offenbach notableWork La Belle Hélène
subject surface form: Jacques Offenbach