La Belle Hélène

This is a joy from beginning to end Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly as always he seems to still retain the Offenbach magic La Lott and Monsieur Beuron are a joy but so is everyone else The Patriotic Trio by the sea is both a hoot and wonderfully sung the score seems truly complete yet never flags and the finale sequences for especially acts 1 amp 2 are a joy of movement and sound fused as one glorious Offenbachian moment