Libretto
Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Premiere
17 December 1864, Paris (Théâtre des Variétés)
Cast
PARIS (tenor)
MENELAUS (tenor)
AGAMEMNON (baritone)
CALCHAS (bass)
ACHILLE (tenor)
AJAX I (tenor)
AJAX II (baritone)
HELEN (soprano)
ORESTES (soprano or tenor)
LEONA (soprano)
PARTHENIS (soprano)
BACCHIS (mezzo-soprano)
CHORUS
guards, slaves, people, Princes, princesses, mourners for Adonis, Helen's entourage
Place
Time
Before the Trojan war