Offenbach: La belle Hélène ( Sadlers 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 HammondStroud (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.