La belle Hélène (The Beautiful Helen), is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The operetta parodies the story of Helen's elopement with Paris, which set off the Trojan War.

The first performance was at Paris's Théâtre des Variétés on December 17, 1864 which became an instant success with both the public and the critics and enjoyed an initial run of 700 performances.

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