The Bolshoi Ballet performing the mazurka from Coppélia at the Royal Opera House in London.

Coppélia is the name of the doll (a dancing automaton) in this ballet-comedy - not that of the heroine, Swanilda, a girl of youthful capriciousness but nevertheless, possessing a heart of gold. This is the 2011 performance of this joyful ballet-comedy by the world famous Russian Bolshoi (Russian for big) Ballet at the Royal Opera House in London, England. Music composed by Leo Delibes and based on choreographers Marius Petipa's & Enrico Cecchetti's original 1894 production featuring a stylish reconstruction of the 1894 St. Petersburg staging - Boris Kaminsky, sets. The 2011 performance was produced by Sergei Vikharev, the orchestra was conducted by Igor Dronov, lead ballerina Natalia Osipova as Swanilda, Vyacheslav Lopatin as Frantz. The costumes were recreated by Covent Garden regular Tatiana Noginova from designs found in the archives of St. Petersburg libraries and also in keeping with the 1894 production. At the time of this performance, the Bolshoi Ballet's own performance hall was finishing up a 6 year renovation costing some 660 million dollars to restore their theater to its opulent 19th century glory - and they now have ticket prices reflecting this incredible cost of renovation.

Buenos días almas errantes del feis, jajajajjaaa
La historia trata acerca de un inventor misterioso y pálido, el Doctor Coppélius, que tiene una muñeca danzante de tamaño real. Parece tan realista que Franz, un pueblerino se enamora de ella, dejando de lado a su verdadero amor, Swanilde, que en el Acto II le muestra su locura, al vestirse como una muñeca y pretender cobrar vida…