Be wise, taste wines and adjusts your boundless hope to the cup of life, which is small. Even as we speak cruel time flees jealous. Harvest the present day, the morrow is uncertain. Seize the day. Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65–8 b.C.)
Leta Biasucci as “Swanilda”, “Coppélia”, libretto by Charles Nuitter based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Léo Delibes, choreography by Aleksandra Danilova Александра Данилова, George Balanchine and Marius Petipa, scenic and costume design by Roberta Guidi di Bagno, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA (scheduled for May 31 to June 9, 2024).
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Margarita Shrainer Маргарита Шрайнер as “Swanilda” and Artem Ovcharenko Артем Овчаренко as “Frantz”, “Coppélia Коппелия”, choreography by Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti, revival and new choreographic version by Sergei Vikharev Сергей Вихарев, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-León after the stories by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Léo Delibes, costume design by Tatiana Noginova Татьяна Ногинова and revival by Olga Nikulina Ольга Никулина, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (May 14).
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Anastasia Soboleva Анастасия Соболева as “Swanilda” and Viktor Levedev Виктор Лебедев as “Frantz”, “Coppélia Коппелия”, music by Léo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, staging by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер (production includes choreographic motifs and elements from versions by Arthur Saint-Léon, Marius Petipa, Enrico Cecchetti and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, stage design and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Irina Perren Ирина Перрен as “Swanilda”, “Coppélia Коппелия”, music by Léo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, staging by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер (production includes choreographic motifs and elements from versions by Arthur Saint-Léon, Marius Petipa, Enrico Cecchetti and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, stage design and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Natascha Mair as “Swanilda”, “Coppelia”, choreography by Pierre Lacotte, music by Léo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, 2019 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24).
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Natascha Mair as “Swanilda”, “Coppelia”, choreography by Pierre Lacotte, music by Leo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, 2019 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24).
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Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова as “Swanilda” and Vyacheslav Lopatin Вячеслав Лопатин as “Frantz” (both dancers from Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр), “Coppelia” choreography by Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti, revival and new choreographic version by Sergei Vikharev, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-León after the stories by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Leo Delibes, 2019 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 29)
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Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова as “Swanilda” and Vyacheslav Lopatin Вячеслав Лопатин as “Frantz” (dancers from Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр), “Coppelia” choreography by Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti, revival and new choreographic version by Sergei Vikharev, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-León after the stories by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Leo Delibes, 2019 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 29)
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Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова as “Swanilda” and Vyacheslav Lopatin Вячеслав Лопатин as “Frantz” (both dancers from Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр), “Coppelia” choreography by Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti, revival and new choreographic version by Sergei Vikharev, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-León after the stories by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Leo Delibes, 2019 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 29)
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Evgenia Obraztsova Евгения Образцова as “Swanilda” and Vyacheslav Lopatin Вячеслав Лопатин as “Frantz” (both dancers from Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр), “Coppelia” choreography by Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti, revival and new choreographic version by Sergei Vikharev, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-León after the stories by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Leo Delibes, 2019 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 29)
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Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Swanilda” and Artem Ovcharenko Артем Овчаренко as “Frantz”, “Coppelia” choreography by Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti, revival and new choreographic version by Sergei Vikharev, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-León after the stories by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Leo Delibes, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (March 22, 2019)
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Maria Yakovleva Мария Яковлева as “Swanilda”, “Coppelia” choreography by Pierre Lacotte, music by Leo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet
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Anna Ol Анна Оль as “Swanilda” and Artur Shesterikov Артур Шестериков as “Frans”, “Coppelia” choreography by Ted Brandsen, music by Léo Delibes, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet
Igone de Jongh as “Swanilda” and Daniel Camargo as “Frans”, “Coppelia” choreography by Ted Brandsen, music by Léo Delibes, Het Nationale Ballet Dutch National Ballet
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