Delibes: Coppelia

To this day, Coppelia is one of the most often performed ballets of all time.
Coppelia marks a milestone in Leo Delibes' career, he succeeded in combining music and dance at anentirely new level, and as a result he is often called the "father of modern ballet music".
The popular ballet performance is interpreting one of the greatest and most tragic classics.
Choreographer Eduardo Lao and the Victor Ullate Ballet have transferred the classic work into themodern era : Coppelia is set in a cybernetic laboratory specialized in artificial intelligence, where DoctorCoppelius is attempting to create a female android that moves and acts like human.
Against a backdrop of futuristic sets the Victor Ullate Ballet clothes this classic in a new, bouncy andcolourful fairytale wardrobe.
Choreographer Eduardo Lao received the 'Public Award' of the Performing Arts in 2012.

Picture Format: 1080i Full HD – 16:9

Sound Format: PCM Stereo

Region code: 0 (worldwide)

Booklet notes: English, German, French

German FSK: 0

“Although this production is undeniably, when taken as a whole, innovative and original, I also found that it occasionally brought a few cross-cultural references to mind. Anyone, for instance, who enjoys Matthew Bourne's iconoclastic, yet pointedly witty, takes on classical ballet will certainly find this Spanish production's approach sympathique” MusicWeb International