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.
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jacques Offenbach