La belle Hélène goes to the movies

Offenbach’s La belle Hélène comes to Opera Box through thw cimema lens of Kostis Theodosopoulos, produced by Foss Productions

Offenbach’s La belle Hélène

Opera for young audiences in three acts

Music Kornilios Selamsis

Libretto Alexandra K*

Conductor Stathis Soulis

Director Yannis Kalavrianos

Sets, costumes, video animation Petros Touloudis

Choreography, movement training Marianna Kavallieratou

Lighting designer Nikos Vlasopoulos

Assistant to the director Giorgos Papadakis

Assistant to the set and costume designer Giouli Stylianidou

Chorister musical training Christos Sakellaridis, Spyros Souladakis

Offenbach’s La belle Hélène: THE MOVIE

CAST

Hélène Maria Tsironi

Bacchis Marialena Politi

Pâris Katerina Alexiou

Achille Katerina Botoni

Ajax Antonis Antoniadis

Ménélas Nikos Ziaziaris

Agamemnon Christos Rammopoulos

Calchas Nikolas Karagiaouris

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

Flute Konstantinos Margaris

Clarinet Ilias Skordilis

Saxophone Guido de Flaviis

Trombone Ioannis Kokkoris

Percussion Panagiotis Koliavasilis

Piano Tzeni Soulkouki

Violin Zisimos Soulkoukis

Viola Eleni Fourlanou

Violoncello Maria Skandali

Contrabass Konstantinos Sifakis

Producers Phaedra Vokali / Thodoris Markou / Orestis Plakias

Executive Producer Stelios Kotionis

Director Kostis Theodosopoulos

Director of Photography Thodoris Markou

Artistic Director Petros Touloudis

Edit Gevi Dimitrakopoulou

Production Manager George Zervas

Make up artists Angelica Mouchsiadou, Nikoleta Lymperopoulou

Sound engineer Aris Pavlidis

Image Post-Production Thodoris Markou & Foss Productions

Audio Post-Production Foss Productions

Assistant Director Evdokia Kalamitsi

First Cameraman Konstantinos Kalavrezos

Second Cameraman Alexandros Masmanidis

Cameraman Yiannis Papanastassopoulos

Making of Amalia Kovaiou

Gaffer VangelisKontodimos

Electrician- Plateau Theodosios Kostis

Assistant sound engineer Dimitra Xeroutsikou

Assistant Production Manager Savvas Katirtzidis

Production Assistant Andreas Leftheriotis

Production Secretary Anna Loudarou

Studio BSK Deck

Film Equipment Rental DK

Sound Equipment Rental Hi Fi Power Ltd

Equipment Rental Video ProjectionsArt of Sound

Video Projections Thodoris Vasilopoulos

Video Projections Assistant George Vasilopoulos, Chrysothemis Loukatou

Filming took place at Studio BSK on January 27, 28 & 29, 2023