Offenbach: “La belle Hélène“ (Sadler’s Wells Opera)

A BBC telecast from January 23, 1964 of Offenbach’s opéra bouffe “La belle Hélène“ in an English version by Geoffrey Dunn and presented by the Sadler’s Wells Opera with John Matheson, conductor. The cast features Joyce Blackham (Helen); Kevin Miller (Paris); Derek Hammond-Stroud (Calchas); John Fryatt (Menelaus); John Heddle Nash (Agamemnon); Patricia Kern (Orestes); and John Caolan (Achilles). The entire cast is listed in the credits at the end of this video.