Bolshoi Ballet: Coppélia

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

Margarita Shrayner

Swanhilda

Artem Ovcharenko

Frantz

Alexei Loparevich

Coppélius

Xenia Averina

Eight Friends / Le Travail (Work)

Daria Bochkova

Eight Friends / Le Travail (Work)

Bruna Cantanhede Gaglianone

Eight Friends

Antonina Chapkina

Eight Friends / La Priere (Prayer)

Anastasia Denisova

Eight Friends / L'Aurore (Dawn)

Elizaveta Kruteleva

Eight Friends / La Folie (Folly)

Svetlana Pavlova

Eight Friends

Yulia Lunkina

Eight Friends

Nadezhda Blagova

Coppélia (automaton)