Bolshoi Ballet: Coppélia

The story

Swanhilda notices her fiancee Franz is infatuated with the beautiful Coppélia who sits reading on her balcony each day. Nearly breaking up the two sweethearts, Coppélia is not what she seems and Swanhilda decides to teach Franz a lesson… The Bolshoi’s unique version of Coppélia exhibits a fascinating reconstruction of the original 19th century choreography of this ebullient comedy involving a feisty heroine, a boyish fiancee with a wandering eye, and an old dollmaker. The company’s stunning corps de ballet shines in the divertissements and famous “dance of the hours,” and its principals abound in youthful energy and irresistible humor in this effervescent production.

Cast

M Margarita ShraynerSwanhilda A Artem OvcharenkoFrantz A Alexei LoparevichCoppélius X Xenia AverinaEight Friends / Le Travail (Work) D Daria BochkovaEight Friends / Le Travail (Work) B Bruna Cantanhede GaglianoneEight Friends A Antonina ChapkinaEight Friends / La Priere (Prayer) A Anastasia DenisovaEight Friends / L'Aurore (Dawn) E Elizaveta KrutelevaEight Friends / La Folie (Folly) S Svetlana PavlovaEight Friends Y Yulia LunkinaEight Friends N Nadezhda BlagovaCoppélia (automaton)

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A Alexander FadeyechevLord of Manor Y Yuri OstrovskyBurgomaster N Nikolay MayorovChronos O Oksana SharovaMazurka A Alexander VodopetovMazurka E Ekaterina BesedinaMazurka D Dmitry EkaterininMazurka K Kristina KarasyovaCzardas V Vitaly BiktimirovCzardas M Maria MishinaLe Travail (Work) S Stanislava PostnovaLe Travail (Work) T Tatiana TiliguzovaLe Travail (Work) B Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra