Coppélia by Alexei Ratmansky, music by Delibes (world premiere)
Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company
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Cast
Alexei Ratmansky — Choreographer
Jérôme Kaplan — Set designer, costume designer
Marco Filibeck — Lighting
Guillaume Gallienne — Dramaturgy
Nicoletta Manni — Swanilda
Timofej Andrijashenko — Franz
Christian Fagetti — Coppélius
Franz's Friends:
Domenico Di Cristo
Federico Fresi
Mattia Semperboni
Saïd Ramos Ponce
Swanilda's Friends:
Gaia Andreanò
Camilla Cerulli
Program notes
Sit back and catch a thrilling world premiere from Milan's legendary La Scala: a brand-new choreography for Delibes's Coppélia by the great Alexei Ratmansky, "the most significant classical choreographer of the current era" (The Guardian), presented exclusively on medici.tv! Can Swanhilda (Nicoletta Manni) save her beloved Franz (Timofej Andrijashenko) from the spell of the beautiful, eerily lifelike doll Coppélia, created by the sinister Dr. Coppélius (Christian Fagetti)?
One of the most in-demand and strikingly original choreographers alive, MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient Ratmansky is the former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and, having left Russia in protest following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, current artist in residence of the New York City Ballet. His 2023 production of Coppélia, a longtime repertoire favorite with sumptuous music by Léo Delibes and based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Sandman, features the celebrated corps de ballet of La Scala in never-before-seen sets and costumes by Jérôme Kaplan.
Photo © Teatro alla Scala / Brescia & Amisano
