There are 19 recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach on file

Order by conductor

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1 1948(RA) - Gressier Jules - Orchestre Radio-Lyrique*

2 1948(STU) - Akulov Yevgeni - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre*

3 1951?(SE) - Gressier Jules - Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux*

4 1952(STU) - Leibowitz René - Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris*

5 1955(RE) - Walter Fried - RIAS Unterhaltungsorchester*

6 195?(SE) - Rosenthal Manuel - L'Opera-Comique Paris*

7 1960?(SE) - Kegel Herbert - Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig*

8 1962?(SE) - Matheson John - Sadler's Wells Opera*

9 1970(STU) - Marty Jean-Pierre - Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux*

10 1974?(FI) - Allers Franz - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart***

11 1976(STU) - Calvi Gérard - L'Opéra Comique de Paris*

12 1977-78(STU) - Lombard Alain - Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg*

13 1980 - Mattes Willy - Münchner Rundfunkorchester*

14 1984(STU) - Plasson Michel - Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse*

15 1986?(LI) - Burdekin John - Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France**

16 198?(STU) - Yesipov Vladimir - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre*

17 1997 - Harnoncourt Nikolaus - Opernhaus Zürich**

18 19??(STU) - Bredemeyer Reiner - Instramentalgruppe*

19 2000(STU & LI) - Minkowski Marc - Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble***

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Jules Gressier - 1948(RA)

Orchestra - Orchestre Radio-Lyrique

Pâris - Louis Arnoult

Ménélas - Maurice Porterat

Calchas - René Ronsi

Achille - Willy Clément

Oreste - Marcelle Sansonetti

Ajax I - André Gueho

Ajax II - Marcel Génio

Hélène - Fanély Revoil

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Compact Disc; - Malibran Music MR 546 {1CDR} (2003)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.64 [GH]

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Opéra International - No.288 mars 2004 p.79 [JP]

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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of an abridged version broadcast on 9 May 1948.

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in Russian

Conductor Yevgeni Akulov - 1948(STU)

Orchestra - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre

Chorus - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre

Pâris - Anatole Orfenov

Ménélas - Sergei Tsenin

Agamemnon - P. Mokeyev

Calchas - Vladimir Kandelaki

Oreste - Tamara Yanko

Bacchis - Nadezhda Kemarskaya

Anhises - N. Kedrov

Nicomedes - V. Donets

Diomedes - I. Iagodkin

Rabinia - Z. Tsarenko

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 031763-66 {2LPS}

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

Comments:- The LPs issued by Melodiya are listed in the online catalogue of the Durbeck Archive (http://www.datalogue.info)

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Jules Gressier - 1951?(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

Chorus - Choeurs Raymond Saint-Paul

Pâris - Claude Devos

Ménélas - Christian Duvaleix

Agamemnon - Willy Clément

Calchas - Lolita Rovira

Achille - Bernard Demigny

Oreste - Liliane Berton

Ajax I - Gaston Rey

Ajax II - Aimé Doniat

Hélène - Deva Dassy

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Black Disc - Pathé DTX 118 {1LP}; Pathé DTX 30137 {1LP} EMI Pathé 2C 051 10852 {1LP}; {1LP}; Vox PL 20500 {1LP}

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - August 1952 Vol.15 No.8 p.5

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American Record Guide - April 1953 Vol.19 No.8 p.272 (mention) p.272 (mention) [FAL]: November 1959 Vol.26 No.3 p.171 [PLM]

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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.8

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor René Leibowitz - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris

Chorus - Choeurs

Pâris - André Dran

Ménélas - Roger Giraud

Agamemnon - Jacques Linsolas

Calchas - Lucien Mans

Achille - Jean Mollien

Oreste - Loly Valdarnini

Ajax I - Armand Duval

Ajax II - Jean Hoffman

Hélène - Janine Linda

Bacchis - Janine Weisshardt

Léoena - Jacqueline Vitry

Parthénis - Annette Martineau

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Black Disc; - Classic C 6140/1 {2LPS} (France) (1953)ª; Musidisc Festival 253 {2LPS}; Renaissance SX-206 {2LPS}; Nixa PLP 206/1-2 {2LPS}Peerless Everest S458/2 {2LPS}; Vogue MCM 120006 {2LPS} (France)

Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 20026 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 282 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Regis Records RRC 2062 (+L'Étoile - excerpts) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1953 p.263; January 1977 p.1187 [AML]; September (published July) 2003 pp.78-79 [AB]

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Opera - September 1953 pp.563-564 [H]; January 1999 p.128 [RM] Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.7 [AP]

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Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.64 [GH]

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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.75 [PHR]: March/April 2004 Vol.67 No.2 pp.259-260 [RT]

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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.8

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International Record Review - July/August 2003 p.74 [AP]

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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.58 Eté 1953 p.452 [HJ]

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Comments:- According to AP in the supplement to OPERA «Thirty all-time great recordings» the singer of Hélène is named Linda Felder on the cover of the LPs issued by Nixa.

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in German

Conductor Fried Walter - 1955(RE)

Orchestra - RIAS Unterhaltungsorchester

Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor

Pâris - Rudolf Schock

Ménélas - Karl Hellmer

Agamemnon - Hanns-Heinz Nissen

Calchas - Bruno Fritz

Achille - Hans Fidesser

Oreste - Wolfgang Gruner

Ajax I - Armin Münch

Hélène - Anneliese Rothenberger

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Compact Disc; - *Gala GL 100.565 (+Gräfin Mariza - Stephan) {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - März 2002 S.56 (mention) [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance of the German version «Die schöne Helena»

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Manuel Rosenthal - 195?(SE)

Orchestra - L'Opera-Comique Paris

Chorus - L'Opera-Comique Paris

Pâris - Bernard Plantey

Ménélas - Jean Giraudeau

Agamemnon - Jacques Doucet

Calchas - Bernard Demigny

Achille - Michel Hamel

Oreste - Andrine Forli

Ajax I - Robert Andreozzi

Ajax II - Jean-Paul Vauquelin

Hélène - Jane Rhodes

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Black Disc - Philips GL 5664 {1LP}

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1963 p.150

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in German

Conductor Herbert Kegel - 1960?(SE)

Orchestra - Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig

Chorus - Großer Rundfunkchor Leipzig

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Black Disc - VEB Deutsche Schallplatten «Amiga» 7 40 031 {1x10in-LP} (DDR) VEB Deutsche Schallplatten «Amiga» 5 40 149 {1LP} (DDR)

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

Comments:- The following take part in this recording of excerpts from the German version «Die schöne Helena»: Erna Roscher, Manfred Jungwirth, Wilhelm Klemm, Gerd Pallesche, Charles Geerd, Gisela Morgen, Paul Reinecke, Hans-Peter Schwarzbach, Friedrich Steffens. The following excerpts are performed: Einleitung; Tsing la la; Des Gatten Ehre zu bewahren; Es nahen schon im Festgewande; Couplets der Könige (Bin Menelaus: Ein König tritt unter sie); Nimbus und olympische Macht; Ehre, Ehre; O Gott! Es ist der Apfelmann; Es is ein Traum; Finale (Seht, dort kommt sie selber; Hier steht der Venus Groß-Augur; Geh' nach Cythere)

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in English

Conductor John Matheson - 1962?(SE)

Orchestra - Sadler's Wells Opera

Chorus - Sadler's Wells Opera

Pâris - Kevin Miller

Ménélas - John Fryatt

Agamemnon - John Heddle Nash

Calchas - Derek Hammond-Stroud

Achille - John Carolan

Oreste - Patricia Kern

Ajax I - Lawrence Folley

Ajax II - Tom Swift

Hélène - Joyce Blackham

Daphne - Joan Davies

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Black Disc; - HMV CLP 1665 {1LP} (1963)ª;; HMV CSD 1505 {1LP} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 575 999-2 (+Orpheus in the Underworld +La Vie Parisienne - excerpts) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1963 p.150

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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.10

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International Record Review - September 2003 pp.30-31 (mention) [MVA]

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Jean-Pierre Marty - 1970(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

Chorus - Choeur René Duclos

Pâris - Charles Burles

Ménélas - Jean-Christophe Benoit

Agamemnon - Michel Dens

Calchas - Luis Masson

Oreste - Bernadette Antoine

Ajax I - Michel Hamel

Hélène - Danièlle Millet

Bacchis - Sylvia Paule

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Black Disc - EMI Pathé 2C 193-11 194/95 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - EMI 7 69844-4

Compact Disc; - EMI 7 69844-2; EMI 5 74085-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.9

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 p.99 [PO'C]

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Répertoire - No.152 décembre 2001 pp.73-74 [JB]

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in German

Conductor Franz Allers - 1974?(FI)

Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Chorus - Chor des Süddeutschen Rundfunks

Pâris - René Kollo

Ménélas - Josef Meinrad

Agamemnon - Hans Krämer

Calchas - Ivan Rebroff

Achille - Harald Serafin

Ajax I - Dieter Ballmann

Ajax II - Hans-Jürgen Ballmann

Hélène - Anna Moffo

Pandora - Karin Meier

Medusa - Urda Meier

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Black Disc - Philips 6623 117 (+Der Zarewitsch - Mattes -excerpts) {2LPS} VEB Deutsche Schallplatten 845194 {1LP}

Compact Cassette - Philips 7585 352 (+Der Zarewitsch - excerpts)

Compact Disc - Philips 420 662-2 {1CD}

DVD (Video) - Dreamlife Classics DLVC 1120 (Japan) (2004)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

Comments:- Video recording of a television film and the audio recording of its soundtrack.

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Gérard Calvi - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Pâris - André Battedou

Ménélas - Jean-Laurent Cochet

Agamemnon - Michel Roux

Calchas - Pierre Tornade

Achille - Jean-Luc Tardieu

Oreste - Marcel Philippot

Ajax I - Jacques Ramade

Ajax II - Georges Montillier

Hélène - Nicky Nancel

Bacchis - Annie Lancastre

Léoena - Joëlle Vautier

Parthénis - Michele Mellory

Philocome - Jean-Marie Martin

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Black Disc - Carrere 67.687 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Accord 290002 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.12 No.5 May/June 1989 p.260 [JD]

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Comments:- According to John Philbrook on «operetta-l» 22 Oct 2001 16:46 this recording is «By common concensus THE worst BELLE HELENE ever to hit record»

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Alain Lombard - 1977-78(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

Chorus - Opéra du Rhin

Pâris - Rémy Corazza

Ménélas - Jacques Martin

Agamemnon - Jules Bastin

Calchas - Michel Trempont

Achille - Gérard Friedman

Oreste - Renée Auphan

Ajax I - Paul Guigue

Ajax II - Jacques Trigeau

Hélène - Jane Rhodes

Bacchis - Christine Barbaux

Léoena - Catherine Trigeau

Parthénis - Ghislaine Poulet-Fernand

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Black Disc; - Barclay BA 614 {2LPS} (1978)ª;; Barclay BAR 90201/2 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Accord 461 954-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1979 p.1061 [AML]

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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.161 [JD]; Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 pp.172-173 [JK]

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Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.73 [GH]

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Diapason - No.488 janvier 2002 p.96 (mention) [MP]

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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.10

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Répertoire - No.152 décembre 2001 pp.73-74 [JB]

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Comments:- Recorded on 27-3O December 1977, 2 January 1978

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in German

Conductor Willy Mattes - 1980

Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Pâris - Nicolai Gedda

Ménélas - Ferry Gruber

Agamemnon - Klaus Hirte

Calchas - Benno Kusche

Achille - Norbert Orth

Oreste - Brigitte Fassbaender

Hélène - Anneliese Rothenberger

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Black Disc - EMI Electrola 1C 157 45832/33 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - EMI 5 65366 2

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Dezember 1980 S.855-S.856 [KL]

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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.10

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Comments:- See The Times Weekend Saturday December 30 1995 p.8

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Michel Plasson - 1984(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

Chorus - Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse

Pâris - John Aler

Ménélas - Charles Burles

Agamemnon - Gabriel Bacquier

Calchas - Jean-Philippe Lafont

Achille - Jacques Loreau

Oreste - Colette Alliot-Lugaz

Ajax I - Roger Trentin

Ajax II - Gérard Desroches

Hélène - Jessye Norman

Bacchis - Nicole Carreras

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Black Disc; - EMI EX 27017-3 {2LPS} (1985)ª;; Angel DSB 3981 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - EMI CDC 7 45157 {2CDS} (1986)ª;; Angel CDCB 47156 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1985 p. [AML]; September 1986 p. [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.131-132 [AR]

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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.9

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor John Burdekin - 1986?(LI)

Orchestra - Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Pâris - Georges Gautier

Ménélas - Jacques Martin

Agamemnon - Gabriel Bacquier

Calchas - Luis Masson

Oreste - Jean-Marc Salzmann

Hélène - Eva Saurova

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 233 (2005)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

Comments:- The DVD issued by House of Opera is listed in their online catalogue of «New DVDs 22 January 2005». The recording appears to be of a performance in the Théâtre de Paris in November 1986. The performance on 14 November is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL janvier 1987 No.99 pp.32-33. HOO lists an additional cast member «Catala» and gives the year as 1987 which may be when the recording was transmitted.

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in Russian

Conductor Vladimir Yesipov - 198?(STU)

Orchestra - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre

Chorus - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre

Pâris - Anatoly Mishchevsky

Ménélas - Voinarowski Voinarowski [Viacheslav Voynorovsky]

Agamemnon - Ya. Kratov

Calchas - Vyacheslav Fedorkin

Oreste - K. Morgunova

Hélène - Galina Pisarenko

Anhises - N. Deminov

Nicomedes - V. Gusakov

Diomedes - V. Marutayev

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Black Disc - Melodiya C60 19551 002 {2LPS}

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

Comments:- The LPs issued by Melodiya are listed in «Soviet Records» Supplement to the Main Catalogue 1985 p.177.

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 1997

Orchestra - Opernhaus Zürich

Chorus - Opernhaus Zürich

Pâris - Deon Van Der Walt

Ménélas - Volker Vogel

Agamemnon - Oliver Widmer

Calchas - Carlos Chausson

Achille - Steve Davislim

Oreste - Liliana Nikiteanu

Ajax I - Ruben Amoretti

Ajax II - Cheyne Davidson

Hélène - Veselina Kasarova

Bacchis - Ruth Rohner

Léoena - Ulrika Precht

Parthénis - Lisa Larsson

Philocome - Karl Adam

Euthycles - Jean-Paul Beglin

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DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 100 086 (Europe) (2000)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Videoland Klassik VLRM 011 (PAL)

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 2001 p.110, p.112 (DVD) [AB]

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Opera - April 2001 pp.502-506 [AB]

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Opéra International - No.250 octobre 2000 p.67 (DVD) [SS]; No.261 octobre 2001 pp.74-75 (mention) [SS]

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Diapason - No.480 avril 2001 pp.132-133 (DVD) [MP]

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International Record Review - March 2001 p.85 (DVD) [MVA]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - diciembre 2000 No.138 p.66 (DVD) [PL]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.46 julio-agosto 2001 pp.104-105 [FGR]

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in German

Conductor Reiner Bredemeyer - 19??(STU)

Orchestra - Instramentalgruppe

Chorus - Chor - Kinderchor

Helena - Elsa Grube-Deister

Jupiter - Dieter Franke

Merkur - Peter Dommisch

Venus - Barbara Dittus

Minerva - Barbara Adolph

Juno - Artje Ruge

Paris - Fred Düren

Kalchas - Rolf Ludwig

Agamemmon - Reinmar Johannes Bauer

Achilles - Harry Pietzsch

Ajax I - Hans Lucke

Ajax II - Johannes Maus

Menelaos - Günter Sonnenberg

Bacchis - Johanna Clas

Philokemus - Friedrich Links

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Black Disc - Litera 8 60 093/94 {2LPS} (DDR)

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

Comments:- Recording of a German arrangement (Die schöne Helena) by Herbert Kawan and Reiner Bredemeyer. The LPs issued by Litera are listed in the online catalogue of the Durbeck Archive (http://www.datalogue.info)

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La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Marc Minkowski - 2000(STU & LI)

Orchestra - Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble

Chorus - Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre

Pâris - Yann Beuron

Ménélas - Michel Sénéchal

Agamemnon - Laurent Naouri

Calchas - François Le Roux

Achille - Eric Huchet

Oreste - Marie-Ange Todorovitch

Ajax I - Alain Gabriel

Ajax II - Laurent Alvaro

Hélène - Felicity Lott

Bacchis - Hjördis Thébault

Léoena - Stéphanie d' Oustrac

Parthénis - Magali Léger

Philocome - Josè Canalès

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Compact Disc; - Virgin Classics 5 45477-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

DVD (Video) - TDK DV OPLBH (Europe) (2001)ª; Kultur DVD D 2916 (2004)ª

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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 pp.111-112 (audio) [AML]; March 2002 p.95 (video) [MSR]

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Opera - January 2002 pp.115-121 (video) [AB]; February 2002 pp.249-250 (audio) [RT]

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Opera Now - March/April 2002 p.96 (audio) [ST]

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Opera News - January 2002 pp.68-69 (audio) [RT]; October 2004 p.80 (DVD) [RT]

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Fanfare - Vol.25 No.4 March/April 2002 pp.149-150 (audio) [JM]; Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.263-264 (DVD) [JK]

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Orpheus - Juni 2002 S.63 (video) [MK]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.18 No.4 Autumn 2002 pp.636-638 (audio) [JL]

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Opéra International - No.262 novembre 2001 p.64 (audio) [PC]; No.266 mars 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

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Diapason - No.485 octobre 2001 pp.124-125 (audio) [JC]; No.488 janvier 2002 pp.120-121 (video) [MP]

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International Record Review - May 2002 p.90 (audio) [CC]

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Répertoire - No.150 octobre 2001 p.104 (audio) [PT]: No.152 décembre 2001 p.21 (video) [PT]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.97 (audio) [GC]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 pp.94-95 (DVD) [XC]

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Comments:- The audio recording was made at the same time as a series of public performancesat Le Théâtre du Chatelet, Paris, but the video recording on DVD is of one of these performances.

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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