from tomorrow to Friday 24
School of Dance Opera
with "Coppélia"
returns to National Theatre
four performances
RESERVED FOR STUDENTS WITH THE MASTERPIECE OF BALLET Leo Delibes
And next Sunday at 19:30 on the square of the exhibition
Campiglio for "Christmas in Rome 2009"
The liveliness, humor, the beauty of music and choreography are still the keys to the success of a ballet from 1870 is not far stopped to capture the audience here Coppélia back on the stage of National Theatre, tomorrow, Saturday 18 until Friday, April 24, with the verve and passion of students and pupils of the School of Dance Opera, under the gaze of affectionate and demanding director Paola Jorio.
The pantomime ballet in two acts with music by Léo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Leon debut at the Opéra National de Paris a few months before it exploded, the Franco-Prussian War. The last big part of the choreography Alps century, differs significantly from the melancholy of a tradition or a Sylphide Giselle, despite being based on a story (Der Sandmann, The Sandman) by ETA Hoffmann, who is one of European Romanticism of the most widely read and loved. The version of the Opera School of Dance brings to the fore is based on original choreography by Alicia Alonso and Enrique Martinez, readjusted by Ofelia Gonzalez, Pablo Moret and Paola Jorio. The scenes retrieved and reviewed for the National Theatre by Roberto Lagana Manoli, counseling musical Joseph Annese and lighting design by Patrick Maggi.
The "first" is thus set for tomorrow at 18. Replicates 17 and Sunday 19 to Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 and Friday 24 (always at 11) for schools.
The story of Coppélia, or The girl with enamel eyes. In a small village in Galicia, Swanilda and Franz are coming to the wedding. But the young man falls for a girl who has seen behind the window of the Coppelius, half and half magician toy manufacturer. Swanilda, jealous, for the National Theatre enters the house and discovers that Coppélia is only a doll. But Coppelius, which I think I managed to give birth to her doll, girl falls in love. However, comes the happy ending.
Next Sunday April 19 at 19:30 twenty students and pupils of average prices of the School of Dance will perform on the Capitol Square as part of the artistic "Christmas in Rome 2009" sponsored by the City. The program "The big mazurka" comes from "Coppelia.
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