Coppelia

Production

Coppelia

Coppélia is a 1870 comic ballet featuring music by Léo Delibes and original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon. Its libretto, written by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter, was adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story Der Sandmann. Taking its title from the Greek word for young woman, the production premiered on May 25, 1870, at the Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra. The original performance featured 16-year-old Giuseppina Bozzacchi in the principal role of Swanhilda and Eugénie Fiocre playing the part of Franz en travesti.