Coppelia

Composer: Delibes, Leo

Ballet Company: Paris National Opera Ballet

Choreographer: Bart, Patrice

Original Choreographer: Saint-Leon, Arthur

Staging: Bart, Patrice

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Coppelius: Martinez, Jose

Frantz: Heymann, Mathias

Spalanzani: Bourgeois, Fabrice

Swanilda: Gilbert, Dorothee

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Corps de Ballet: Paris National Opera Ballet

Orchestra: Colonne Orchestre

Conductor: Kessels, Koen

Television Director: Bataillon, Vincent

Set Designer: Toffolutti, Ezio

Costumer Designer: Toffolutti, Ezio

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Date of Production: 03-2011

Venue: Palais Garnier, Paris

Playing Time: 02:04:47

Catalogue Number: OA1061D

UPC: 809478010616

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Premiered by the Opera De Paris in 1870, and inspired by the fantastical writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Coppélia tells the story of a young man who becomes besotted with an exquisite automaton and is finally brought to his senses by his fiancée. In their production from the magnificent Palais Garnier, choreographer Patrice Bart in his final production and designer Ezio Toffolutti explore the story's darker side while doing full justice to the exuberance and elegance of Delibes' glorious score.