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La belle Hélène

Opera

Writers: Jacques Offenbach Ludovic Halevy Henri Meilhac

Songs

Act One

  • Introduction
  • No. 1a Chorus ‘Vers tes autels, Jupinâ€�
  • No. 1b Chorus of the Young Girls ‘C’est le devoir des jeunes fillesâ€� - Hélène, Chorus
  • No. 2 Aria ‘Amours divines, ardentes flammesâ€� - Helene, Chorus
  • No. 3 Couplets ‘Au cabaret du labyrintheâ€� - Oreste, Calchas, Parthenis, Loena, Chorus
  • No. 3b Exit of Oreste ‘Tzing la laâ€� - Oreste, Chorus
  • No. 4 Melodrama and Dialogue ‘Quoi?â€� - Calchas, Paris
  • No. 5 Melodrama and Dialogue ‘Homme de vingt ansâ€� - Calchas, Paris
  • No. 6 The Judgement of Paris ‘Au mont Idaâ€� - Paris
  • No. 7a March ‘Voici les Roise de la Grèceâ€� - Chorus
  • No. 7b Couplets of the Kings ‘Ves Roise remplis de vaillanceâ€� - Ajax I, Ajax II, Oreste, Calcas, Chorus, Achille, Menelaus Agamemnon
  • No. 8 Finale ‘Gloire, gloire!â€� - Oreste, Parthenis, Loena, Menelaus, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Chorus, Paris, Helen

Act Two

  • No. 9 Entr’acte
  • No. 10 Chorus ‘O Reine, en ce jourâ€� - Helene, Bacchis, Chorus
  • No. 11 Invocation to Venus ‘On me nomme Helene la blondeâ€� - Helene
  • No. 12 March of the Goose ‘Le voici, le Roi des Roisâ€� - Helene, Bacchis, Oreste, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas
  • No. 13 Scene and game of the goose ‘Vous le voyez, j’ai troisâ€� - Helene, Baccis, Oreste, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas
  • No. 14 Couplet ‘En couronnes tressons les rosesâ€� - Oreste, Chorus
  • No. 15 Duet of Dreams ‘C’est le Ciel qui m’envoieâ€� - Helene, Paris
  • No. 16a Final ‘A moi, Roise de la Grèceâ€� - Helene, Oreste, Bacchis, Paris, Menelaus, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Chorus
  • No. 16b Couplets ‘Un mari sageâ€�- Helene, Oreste, Bacchis, Paris, Menelaus, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Chorus

Act Three

  • No. 17 Entr’act
  • No. 18a Chorus ‘Dansons, aimonsâ€� - Chorus, Oreste
  • No. 18b Rondo ‘Venus, au fond de nos amesâ€� - Oreste, Partheins, Loena, Achille, Chorus
  • No. 19 Couplets ‘La vrai! Je ne suis pasâ€� - Helene
  • No. 20 Patriotic Trio ‘Lorsque la Greceâ€� - Menelaus, Agamemnon, Calchas
  • No. 21a Chorus ‘La galere de Cythereâ€� - Chorus
  • No. 21b Tyrolese with Choir ‘Et tout d’abord, o vile multitudeâ€� - Paris, Oreste, Parthenis, Loena, Menelaus, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Chorus
  • No. 22 Finale ‘Elle vient, c’est elleâ€� - Oreste, Parthenis, Loena, Achille, Paris, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Helene

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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