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10 wrz 2024 · The naughtiness of Coppelia! It has a variety of details considered politically incorrect today. You've got the elderly abuse...with the boys taunting and making fun of Dr Coppelius...even pushing him to the floor. You've got the guy shamelessly pursuing two women at the same time.
A village in Galicia, once an Austro-Hungarian province on the Carpathian slope. A festival honors a new carillon for the town’s bell-tower. Dr. Coppélius, toy-maker, inventor, and magician exhibits his masterwork, Coppélia, a life-sized doll whom he thinks of as a daughter.
This season’s performances — Sept. 27-29 and Oct. 5-6 — are City Ballet’s 50th anniversary celebration of the ballet. “Coppelia” was first choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1870, and then reworked by Marius Petipa in 1884 into the version we know today.
23 wrz 2024 · “Coppelia,” starring Patricia McBride as the heroine Swanilda, Helgi Tomasson as her swain Franz and Shaun O’Brien as the eccentric toymaker Doctor Coppelius, was a roaring success, and has been...
21 maj 2019 · by Cherilyn J. Lee. May 21, 2019 - Updated on September 20, 2024. in Famous Ballets. Reading Time: 3 mins read. Table of Contents. ★ Who are the characters in Coppélia? ★ What is the story of Coppélia? ACT I, SCENE 1: A European Village. ACT II, SCENE 1: Dr. Coppélius'House. ACT II, SCENE 2: Dr. Coppélius'House.
His 2023 production of Coppélia, a longtime repertoire favorite with sumptuous music by Léo Delibes and based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Sandman, features the celebrated corps de ballet of La Scala in never-before-seen sets and costumes by Jérôme Kaplan.
4 dni temu · With lively characters, a case of mistaken identity, and a bright orchestral score, the New York Times calls it a “story ballet done to perfection.” One of the world’s foremost dance companies is back with this charming, comedic masterpiece about an eccentric toymaker and the doll he creates.
