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Coppélia (Ivanov/Saint-Léon, 1894/1957): Norman Dixon as Franz and Patricia Dyer as Swanilda (centre) in Act I, 1957. Photo © John Chesworth. RDC/PD/01/169/1

Coppélia (Ivanov/Saint-Léon, 1894/1957): Patricia Dyer as Swanilda (centre) in Act II. Photo © John Chesworth. RDC/PD/01/169/1

Coppélia (Ivanov/Saint-Léon, 1894/1957): Lucette Aldous as Swanilda, Kenneth Bannerman as Franz in Act III. Photo © J.D. O'Callaghan. RDC/PD/01/169/1

Choreographer: Lev Ivanov, Arthur Saint-Léon

Composer: Léo Delibes

Set designer: Mistislav Doboujinsky

Costume designer: Mistislav Doboujinsky

Rambert premiere: 17 Jan 1957, Ballet Rambert, Theatre Royal, York

World premiere: 8 Feb 1894, Imperial Russian Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia

Work note: 'Coppélia' entered the Ballet Rambert repertoire in two stages: first, Act III on 7 May 1956 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre; second, the full three-act ballet on 17 January 1957 at the Theatre Royal, York.

Production note: In the programme, the choreography is credited as 'Ivanov after Saint-Léon'.

Duration: 2 hours

Music title: Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail (1870)

Music details: Live music: chamber orchestra

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive

Archive catalogue: WORK/0166; WORK/0169

Performances

Date	Programme	Venue
7 May 1956 Evening	Swan Lake (Act II) \| Winter Night \| Judgment of Paris \| Coppélia (Act III)^*	Arts Theatre Cambridge
24 Sep 1956 Evening	Swan Lake (Act II) \| The Mirror^* \| Judgment of Paris \| Coppélia (Act III)	King's Theatre, Southsea, Portsmouth
17 Jan 1957 Evening	Coppélia^*	Theatre Royal, York
30 Oct 1957 Evening	Coppélia	The People's Theatre, Shanghai, China
31 Oct 1957 Evening	Coppélia	The People's Theatre, Shanghai, China

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