Organization

Dirigat

Stathis Soulis

Kyriaki Kountouri

Regie

Yannis Kalavrianos

Bühnenbild

Petros Touloudis

Kostümbild

Video Animation

Choreographie

Marianna Kavallieratos

Lichtgestaltung

Nikos Vlasopoulos

Assistant to the Director

Giorgos Papadakis

Assistant to the set and costume designer

Giouli Stylianidou

Chorister musical training

Christos Sakellaridis

Spyros Souladakis

Sänger

Maria Tsironi

Hélène

Smaragda Vangeli

Marialena Politi

Bacchis

Marietta Sarri

Katerina Alexiou

Pâris

Katerina Fountoukidou

Katerina Botoni

Achille

Angelos Kidoniefs

Antonis Antoniadis

Ajax

Antonis Kordopatis

Nikos Ziaziaris

Ménélas

Dimosthenis Vlachos

Christos Rammopoulos

Agamemnon

Zannis Kanterakis

Nikolaos Karagiaouris

Calchas

Nikos Masourakis

Greek National Opera

Offenbach’s La belle Hélène

Offenbach’s La belle Hélène Kornilios Selamsis

Public

Genehmigt

Accordionist

Instrument

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Andere

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Chor

Chordirektion

Chorus Director

Dramaturgie

Extra

GesangslehrerIn

Haar

Illustrator

Komposition

Korrepetition

Lehrer

Leitender Produzent

Libretto

Maske

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchester

Orchestra Operations

Photographer

Poet

Rundfunk

Schauspiel

Stage Manager

Tongestaltung

Tänzer

Videogestaltung

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Übersetzung

Bass

Bariton

Sopran

Bass-Bariton

Countertenor

Mezzosopran

Tenor

Alto

Continuo

Kinderstimme

Singer

Sprechrolle

Stumme Rolle

Hélène, the Beautiful Helen, the figure we have encountered so many times in school books, in a story that changes, shapes and becomes shaped differently over the years, is our production’s central character. This time, we meet her in Kornilios Selamsis’ opera Offenbach’s La belle Hélène to a libretto by Alexandra K*, in a new fresh and contemporary version presenting us with the known myth in a colourfoul, melodious and – most of all – funny way. As the title shows, the work is based on Jacques Offenbach’s famous operetta La belle Hélène.

The new work is based on the much-loved operetta of the father of French operetta, Jacques Offenbach’s La belle Hélène, although it is a new opera. As the composer notes, it is “a blend of two musical ventures: on the one hand of Offenbach’s old and popular comic operetta and on the other hand of a new opera – or perhaps of a music theatre work with fragments of the past trapped inside it”. The libretto – based on the original text of Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy – has been penned by Alexandra K* and the production is staged by distinguished composer Yannis Kalavrianos. Τhe set, costumes and the video animation have been designed by Petros Touloudis, the movement by Marianna Kavallieratou and the lighting by Nikos Vlasopoulos. The musical direction is shared by Stathis Soulis and Kyriaki Kountouri, while the cast and the instrumental ensemble consist of a plethora of talented Greek soloists and musicians.  

The story is based on the known Greek myth and is set in Sparta and Nafplion. It introduces us to the myth of the Beautiful Helen of Troy through a modern and hilarious approach that treats issues of gender stereotypes, roles and identities. As noted by the director: “We have tried to grasp the concerns of modern-day teenagers with the utmost sincerity.”

-The production will travel across Junior High Schools all over Greece,

English

Offenbach’s La belle Hélène by Selamsis, Ab (2023/2023), Unter der Regie von Yannis Kalavrianos,, Dirigat Stathis Soulis, Kyriaki Kountouri

Aufführungskredite (Besetzung & Produktionsteam )

Besetzung

Produktionsteam

Programm, Über & Zusammenfassung

Fotos

Weiterführende Literatur

Aufführungstermine & Spielstätten

Veranstaltungsorte