Bolshoi Ballet: Coppélia (2018)
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.
Director: Isabelle Julien
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Margarita Shrayner as Swanhilda |
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Artem Ovcharenko as Frantz |
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Alexei Loparevich as Coppélius |
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Xenia Averina as Eight Friends / Le Travail (Work) |
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Daria Bochkova as Eight Friends / Le Travail (Work) |
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Bruna Cantanhede Gaglianone as Eight Friends |
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Antonina Chapkina as Eight Friends / La Priere (Prayer) |
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Anastasia Denisova as Eight Friends / L'Aurore (Dawn) |
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Elizaveta Kruteleva as Eight Friends / La Folie (Folly) |
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Svetlana Pavlova as Eight Friends |
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Yulia Lunkina as Eight Friends |
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Nadezhda Blagova as Coppélia (automaton) |
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Alexander Fadeyechev as Lord of Manor |
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Yuri Ostrovsky as Burgomaster |
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Nikolay Mayorov as Chronos |
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Oksana Sharova as Mazurka |
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Alexander Vodopetov as Mazurka |
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Ekaterina Besedina as Mazurka |
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Dmitry Ekaterinin as Mazurka |
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Kristina Karasyova as Czardas |
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Vitaly Biktimirov as Czardas |
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Maria Mishina as Le Travail (Work) |
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Stanislava Postnova as Le Travail (Work) |
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Tatiana Tiliguzova as Le Travail (Work) |
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Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra as |
| Crew | Sergei Vikharev | Choreographer |
| Writing | Charles Nuitter | Story |
| Sound | Léo Delibes | Music |
| Writing | Arthur Saint-Léon | Story |
| Writing | E. T. A. Hoffmann | Original Story |
| Crew | Enrico Cecchetti | Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatiana Noginova | Costume Designer |
| Production | Pavel Gershenzon | Researcher |
| Crew | Vladimir Grigoriev | Choreographer |
| Crew | Marius Petipa | Choreographer |
| Art | Boris Kaminsky | Set Designer |
| Lighting | Damir Ismagilov | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Pavel Sorokin | Conductor |
| Sound | Pavel Sorokin | Music Director |
| Directing | Isabelle Julien | Director |