Coppélia

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Coppélia is a classic comic ballet, originally choreographed in the 19th century, that blends folk-inspired dances with a whimsical story about a life-sized doll and mistaken identity.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Coppélia canonical 8
Coppelia 1
Coppélia (doll) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
comic ballet
balletCompanyAtPremiere Paris Opera Ballet
balletRepertoryStatus standard classical repertory
basedOn Der Sandmann
basedOnWorkAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann
centralCharacter Coppélia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Coppélia (doll)

Coppélius
surface form: Dr. Coppélius

Franz
Swanilda
choreographer Arthur Saint-Léon
composer Léo Delibes
genre comic ballet
romantic ballet
hasCharacterType eccentric inventor
life-sized doll
includesElement character dance
classical pas de deux
folk dance
influenced later comic ballets
language French
librettist Arthur Saint-Léon
Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter
musicStyle Romantic era orchestral music
notableDanceNumber Czardas
Mazurkas
surface form: Mazurka
notableFor integration of folk-inspired dances with classical technique
numberOfActs 2
3
originalBallerina Giuseppina Bozzacchi
originalBallerinaRole Swanilda
originalDesigner Charles-Antoine Cambon
Jean-Baptiste Lavastre
Joseph Thierry
Édouard Desplechin
originalMaleLeadPerformer Eugène Desmazures
originalMaleLeadRole Franz
premiereCity Paris
premiereCountry France
premiereDate 1870-05-25
premierePlace Paris Opera
surface form: Théâtre Impérial de l’Opéra
settingPeriod 19th century
settingPlace Galician village
structureFeature toy workshop scene
village square scenes
theme illusion versus reality
jealousy
love
mistaken identity

Referenced by (13)

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Coppelia ice cream parlor namedAfter Coppélia
this entity surface form: ballet Coppelia
Salle Le Peletier hostedPremiereOf Coppélia
this entity surface form: Delibes’s Coppélia
Ballet Theatre performs Coppélia
subject surface form: American Ballet Theatre
Marius Petipa notableWork Coppélia
this entity surface form: Coppélia (revival and revisions)
Coppélia centralCharacter Coppélia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Coppélia (doll)
Angel Corella performedIn Coppélia
this entity surface form: Coppelia
Léo Delibes notableWork Coppélia
Marianela Núñez notableWork Coppélia
Irina Baronova notableWork Coppélia