Offenbach : Patriotic trio (La Belle Hélène)

From a wonderfully funny & spirited production of Offenbach's "La Belle Hélène", given at Paris Théâtre du Châtelet in 2001.
Michel Sénéchal is Ménélas, Laurent Naouri is Agamemnon, François Le Roux is Calchas...
Mythology at its funniest !
Conductor : Mark Minkowski / Stage production : Laurent Pelly

[@thorwickstrom]

michel senachal is my hero.

[@Trulina1]

Excelente puesta de una opereta, formidable

[@FoxyGrandpa]

Yeah, you can hear it around 2:17 too. I saw Belle Helene last month in Nantes and thought the very same thing. And funnily enough, one of the tenors in the production was in the same Orphee I own.

[@Goethefemme]

I like the way they are doing a grapevine step (very folkie "Greek") at the beginning of the song. I can't imagine anyone from the great days of opera doing this - like Treigle or Milnes. Possibly Cyril Ritchard...

[@yumyumwhatzohai]

this is Offenbach where talking about, of course you'll hear blatant quotations of his own previous music, he was cool like that. :P

[@Nasinico]

Clachas is doing the Harlem Shake at 2:41 ! =P

[@prostotak01]

You probably already know this as well, but the ending is a parody of the chorus from Verdi's Nabucco.

[@GreekOperaLover]

GREEK WORDS EVERYWHERE

[@mouthmouse]

the translation is bad!