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    La belle Hélène (French pronunciation: [la bɛl elɛn], The Beautiful Helen) is an opéra bouffe in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words...
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    created around 1864 by Auguste Escoffier and named after the operetta La belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach. Simpler versions replace poached pears with canned...
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    works from this period include La belle Hélène (1864), La Vie parisienne (1866), La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867) and La Périchole (1868). The risqué...
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    La Belle Hélène de Constantinople (or L'Ystoire de Helayne) is a Middle French chanson de geste of the 14th century combining features of epic, romance...
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  • farce. The most famous examples are La belle Hélène, Barbe-bleue (Bluebeard), La Vie parisienne, La Périchole and La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein. Bartlet...
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    Baroness Hélène van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar or Hélène de Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar, née de Rothschild (21 August 1863 – 17 October 1947) was a...
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    with Offenbach are La belle Hélène (1864), Barbe-bleue (1866), La Vie parisienne (1866), La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867), and La Périchole (1868)...
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    operetta La belle Hélène) Die schöne Helena, directed by Axel von Ambesser (West Germany, 1975, TV film, based on the operetta La belle Hélène) Parisian...
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    his operettas would probably prefer La vie parisienne for its sparkle, La Périchole for its charm and La belle Hélène for its all-round brilliance". Kurt...
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    Offenbachiana (1953) – a symphonic suite on themes of Jacques Offenbach La belle Hélène (1955, with Louis Aubert) – ballet-bouffe Gammond, pp. 134 and 145–159...
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  • "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" ("Beautiful Night, Oh Night of Love" in French, often referred to as the "Barcarolle") is a piece from The Tales of Hoffmann...
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    Broadway production, a revival of an opera by Jacques Offenbach called La Belle Hélène, in 1899. He went on to appear in eight other productions through 1910...
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    Jacques Offenbach, Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's 1864 operetta La belle Hélène tells a droll version of the seduction of Helen by Paris, who is the...
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    directed for Merry Opera his own adaptation of La belle Hélène, Troy Boy, and in 2012, his adaptation of La Traviata. He wrote and co-directed their production...
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  • crociata (Verdi) Paris, La belle Hélène (Offenbach) Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) Rodolfo, La bohème (Puccini) Roméo...
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    Jacques Offenbach, including Orphée aux enfers, La Vie parisienne, La Périchole and La belle Hélène, and Bizet's Carmen. Plasson resigned as principal...
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  • Gounod: Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile Offenbach: La Belle Hélène Offenbach: Mesdames de la Halle Offenbach: Monsieur Choufleuri Offenbach: Pomme...
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    describes in detail the performance of La blonde Vénus, a fictional operetta modeled after Offenbach's La belle Hélène, in which Nana is cast as the lead...
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    Helen of Troy (redirect from Helene of Troy)
    to Helen of Troy. In 1864, Paris saw the premiere of the operetta La belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach. Helen of Troy is a minor character in the opera...
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  • role of Mélisande. In 2015, she took on the title role in Offenbach's La Belle Hélène at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. In the same year she made her...
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    1733 Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz, composed 1856–8 after Virgil. La belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach composed in 1864 Troilus and Cressida by William...
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  • walk"; in Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix with Edita Gruberová; and in La belle Hélène. Deon van der Walt died at 47 on his family's vineyard in South Africa...
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  • Vert-Vert) 6. Valse (from: La vie parisienne) 7. Entrée du Brésilen (from: La vie parisienne) 8. Polka (from: La belle Hélène) 9. Valse (from: Orpheus in...
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    The title of the ready-made would follow that of Jacques Offenbach, La Belle Hélène, a comic opera in three acts, set in Sparta (first performance: Paris...
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  • of Bavaria, in Munich. December 17 – Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Belle Hélène receives its first performance at the Paris Variétés Hans von Bülow...
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    Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution (French: Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile) is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with original...
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    premieres of some of his most popular and enduring works, such as La Belle Hélène (1864) and La Vie parisienne (1866). With the original production of the latter...
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    for Offenbach's La belle Hélène, followed by four more full-length pieces over the next four years, including the immensely successful La Grande-Duchesse...
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    vous aime... Sept proverbes, 1927 Esclave amoureuse, 1927 La Vie amoureuse de la Belle Hélène, 1928 Le Diadème de Flore, 1928 Le Charmant Rendez-Vous,...
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    aus dem Serail, and the title roles in Verdi's La traviata, Offenbach's La belle Hélène and Puccini's La fanciulla del West. After she performed in Europe...
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