Helen, exclaiming 'la fatalité, la fatalité', tells him that it is all his fault: A good husband knows when to come and when to stay away. The La Belle Hélène case became a precedent, and Stockholm’s Sodra Theatre (11 June 1865) was quick off the mark with its ‘free’ vernacular production (ad E A Wallmark) of the new hit opéra-bouffe. "Helen destroyed: Frayn reduces Offenbach's classical figures to Chippendales and Paris to plaster, Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) The first night audience was enthusiastic but the reviews were mixed,While the Greek kings party in Menelaus's palace in his absence, and Calchas is caught cheating at a board game, Paris comes to Helen at night. After she sees off his first straightforward attempt at seducing her, he returns when she has fallen asleep. By 1864 Offenbach was well established as the leading French composer of The opera opened on 17 December 1864.

He taught singing for 8 years before giving up teaching to join the choir of the Opéra de Lausanne. His meeting with Olivier Py was a decisive moment (After brilliantly winning her prize in singing at the CNSM de Paris, Julie Robard-Gendre began to perform at a variety of venues throughout France, such as the Opéra de Paris, Lille, Marseille, Rennes, Toulouse, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux, Nice, Rouen, Monte-Carlo and Nantes. The Opéra de Lausanne Choir is featured on several CDs: Le Nez by Chostakovitch, Roland by Lully and La grotta di Trofonio by Salieri. He also studied harmony and counterpoint with François Lusignan, alongside his study of classical accordeon at the Institut André Thépaz in Chambéry. When all the kings join the scene, berating Paris and telling him to go back where he came from, Paris departs, vowing to return and finish the job. She sang in the roles of Sister Blanche of the Agony of Christ in In an Opéra de Lausanne production in Bhutan, at the inauguration of the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan in 2018, she sang Serpina in Born in Milan, the French-Italian mezzo-soprano Béatrice Nani studied in Lausanne with Brigitte Balleys and currently studying with Marie-Ange Todorovitch.

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An irresistible opéra bouffe with a brilliant libretto, La belle Hélène wickedly parodies the well-known legend of Helen’s elopement with Paris. Menelaus pleads with her to go with the priest, but she refuses initially, saying that it is he, and not she, who has offended the goddess. In 2010 he joined the Opéra de Lausanne and the Festival Avenches Opéra choirs.A frequently demanded soloist and chorist for various oratorio concerts in the Rhône-Alps region and in Switzerland, he has performed under the direction of Michel Corboz, Celso Antunes, Laurent Touche, Emmanuel Krivine, David Reiland, Arie Van Beek, Philippe Bérand and Jesús Lopez-Cobos. He began as a singing master then became choir master at the Nantes and Strasbourg Operas. La création a lieu le 17 décembre 1864 au théâtre des Variétés. The piece parodies the story of Helen's elopement with Paris, which set off the Trojan War. Choir directors are chosen from among the most experienced and vary for each performance.The Opéra de Lausanne Choir is regularly hired by orchestras and festivals in Switzerland and abroad: In 2008 and 2010 the choir performed as part of the OCL season under the baton of Christian Zacharias: The Choir has also been on many tours with Opéra de Lausanne productions: Opéra de Vichy (The Opéra de Lausanne Choir is featured on several CDs: Jacques Blanc studied the piano at the Conservatoire National de Marseille, and orchestra conducting with Jésus Etcheverry.