It’s colourful, frothy, ridiculous and hugely enjoyable, the most heart-warming experience of my opera-going year

Nick Breckenfield, Classical Source

Music by Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Henri Meillac and Ludovic Halévy
English Version by Jeremy Sams
Performed by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited

Cast

Helen Ellie Laugharne
Paris Oliver Johnston
Calchas Ben McAteer
Menelaus Joe Shovelton
Agamemnon Nicholas Merryweather
Oreste Rachel Maby**
Achilles Lars Fischer**
Bacchis Megan Linnell**
Parthenis Shana Moron Caravel**
Leona Gemma Wahl**
Ajax 1 Alexander White**
Ajax 2 Michael Collins**
Dancer Jessica Foong

Blackheath Halls Opera Chorus
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Blackheath Halls Youth Opera Company
Pupils from Greenvale School and Charlton Park Academy

**Vocal student at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Musical Director, in memory of Claus Moser Christopher Stark
Director James Hurley
Designer April Dalton
Lighting Designer Ben Pickersgill

 

 

 

It's made me feel (opera) is something I can be part of, not just something I buy a ticket to see 

La Belle Helene chorus member