
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)

Alexander Fadeyechev
Lord of Manor
Yuri Ostrovsky
Burgomaster
Nikolay Mayorov
Chronos
Oksana Sharova
Mazurka

Alexander Vodopetov
Mazurka
Ekaterina Besedina
Mazurka
Dmitry Ekaterinin
Mazurka

Kristina Karasyova
Czardas

Vitaly Biktimirov
Czardas
Maria Mishina
Le Travail (Work)
Stanislava Postnova
Le Travail (Work)
Tatiana Tiliguzova
Le Travail (Work)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Unknown
Crew
Isabelle Julien
Director
Charles Nuitter
Story
Arthur Saint-Léon
Story
Tatiana Noginova
Costume Designer
Damir Ismagilov
Lighting Design
Pavel Sorokin
Music Director, Conductor

Léo Delibes
Music
Boris Kaminsky
Set Designer
Sergei Vikharev
Choreographer

Marius Petipa
Choreographer
Enrico Cecchetti
Choreographer
Vladimir Grigoriev
Choreographer
Pavel Gershenzon
Researcher

E. T. A. Hoffmann
Original Story