Coppélia, or, The girl with the enamel eyes / The Australian Ballet ; music, Leo Delibes ; original choreography, Arthur Saint-Leon ; revised by Marius Petipa & Enrico Cecchetti ; reproduced by Peggy van Praagh ; devised and directed by George Ogilvie.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lumsden, Virginia, director, producer.

Gielgud, Maina, 1945- associated name.

Pavane, Lisa, performer.

Horsman, Greg, performer.

Smith, Noel, performer.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, associated name.

Cecchetti, Enrico, 1850-1928, associated name.

Australian Ballet, performer.

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, performer.

Kultur International Films, distributor.

Cecchetti, Enrico, 1850-1928.

Subjects (All):

Ballets.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (107 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Girl with the enamel eyes

Place of Publication:

West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur ; [Place of publication not identified] : ABC Video, [1993]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Dr. Coppelius, a toymaker and magician, attempts to bring life to his beautiful doll, Coppelia. He is fooled by Swanilda, who masquerades as Coppelia and saves her lover Franz from the doctor's magic.

Participant:

The Australian Ballet; principal dancers, Colin Peasley (Dr. Coppelius), Lisa Pavane (Swanilda), Greg Horsman (Franz), Elizabeth Toohey (Dawn), Lisa Bolte (Prayer).

Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra; conductor, Noel Smith.

Credits:

Artistic director, Maina Gielgud ; produced and directed by Virginia Lumsden.

Notes:

Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, Dec. 4, 1990.

Related Work:

Cecchetti, Enrico, 1850-1928. Coppélia.

Contains:

Saint-Léon, Arthur, 1821-1870, choreographer.

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Coppélia, composer.

ISBN:

0769721141

OCLC:

249389732

Publisher Number:

032031211438

2114 Kultur