Coppelia is a comic ballet first performed in 1870, choreographed by Arthur Saint Leon to music by Leo Delibes, with a libretto by Charles Louis Étienne Nuitter based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story Der Sandmann. It premiered at the Theatre Imperial de l'Opera in Paris with the sixteen year old Giuseppina Bozzacchi in the lead role of Swanhilda. The ballet remains a staple of the classical repertoire and is known for its comic tale of a doll maker's uncannily lifelike creation.
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Coppélia (sometimes subtitled: La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter.
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Coppélia premiered on 25 May 1870 at the Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra, with the 16-year-old Giuseppina Bozzacchi in the principal role of Swanhilda and ballerina Eugénie Fiocre playing the part of Franz en travesti.
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Coppélia (sometimes subtitled: La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter. Nuitter's libretto and mise-en-scène was based upon E.
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