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Running Time: 91 minutes
Region Code: 1
Picture Format: NTSC
Audio: Dolby 2.0
Color: Color
Starring: IRINA SHAPCHITS, MIKHAIL ZAVIALOV, PETR RUSANOV, ELVIRA TARASOVA
Conductor: ALEXANDRE VILIUMANIS
Composer: LEO DELIBES
Coppélia is a classical ballet in the true sense, and with its touch of East European folklore, continues to enjoy worldwide popularity. It combines the romance between Swanilda and Franz with the story of the doll-maker Coppelius, whose greatest desire is to create a doll with a soul. Franz immediately falls in love with Coppélia, who he thinks is real, but eventually recognizes is just a doll. He returns to Swanilda, after which the final
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grand divertissement sees everyone reconciled.
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Works on This Recording
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Coppélia by Léo Delibes
Conductor:
Alexandre Viliumanis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870; France
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