La belle Hélène – Songs

Songs in La belle Hélène

This page features the songs from La belle Hélène. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.

Act One

Introduction
No. 1a Chorus ‘Vers tes autels, Jupin’
No. 1b Chorus of the Young Girls ‘C’est le devoir des jeunes filles’ - Hélène, Chorus
No. 2 Aria ‘Amours divines, ardentes flammes’ - Helene, Chorus
No. 3 Couplets ‘Au cabaret du labyrinthe’ - Oreste, Calchas, Parthenis, Loena, Chorus
No. 3b Exit of Oreste ‘Tzing la la’ - Oreste, Chorus
No. 4 Melodrama and Dialogue ‘Quoi?’ - Calchas, Paris
No. 5 Melodrama and Dialogue ‘Homme de vingt ans’ - Calchas, Paris
No. 6 The Judgement of Paris ‘Au mont Ida’ - Paris
No. 7a March ‘Voici les Roise de la Grèce’ - Chorus
No. 7b Couplets of the Kings ‘Ves Roise remplis de vaillance’ - Ajax I, Ajax II, Oreste, Calcas, Chorus, Achille, Menelaus Agamemnon
No. 8 Finale ‘Gloire, gloire!’ - Oreste, Parthenis, Loena, Menelaus, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Chorus, Paris, Helen

Act Two

No. 9 Entr’acte
No. 10 Chorus ‘O Reine, en ce jour’ - Helene, Bacchis, Chorus
No. 11 Invocation to Venus ‘On me nomme Helene la blonde’ - Helene
No. 12 March of the Goose ‘Le voici, le Roi des Rois’ - Helene, Bacchis, Oreste, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas
No. 13 Scene and game of the goose ‘Vous le voyez, j’ai trois’ - Helene, Baccis, Oreste, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas
No. 14 Couplet ‘En couronnes tressons les roses’ - Oreste, Chorus
No. 15 Duet of Dreams ‘C’est le Ciel qui m’envoie’ - Helene, Paris
No. 16a Final ‘A moi, Roise de la Grèce’ - Helene, Oreste, Bacchis, Paris, Menelaus, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Chorus
No. 16b Couplets ‘Un mari sage’- Helene, Oreste, Bacchis, Paris, Menelaus, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Chorus

Act Three

No. 17 Entr’act
No. 18a Chorus ‘Dansons, aimons’ - Chorus, Oreste
No. 18b Rondo ‘Venus, au fond de nos ames’ - Oreste, Partheins, Loena, Achille, Chorus
No. 19 Couplets ‘La vrai! Je ne suis pas’ - Helene
No. 20 Patriotic Trio ‘Lorsque la Grece’ - Menelaus, Agamemnon, Calchas
No. 21a Chorus ‘La galere de Cythere’ - Chorus
No. 21b Tyrolese with Choir ‘Et tout d’abord, o vile multitude’ - Paris, Oreste, Parthenis, Loena, Menelaus, Achille, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Chorus
No. 22 Finale ‘Elle vient, c’est elle’ - Oreste, Parthenis, Loena, Achille, Paris, Ajax I, Ajax II, Agamemnon, Calchas, Helene