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Coppelia 2009 performance
April 24 and 25
Fairhope Civic Center
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One of the great classical comedies of all time, the story of Coppelia captures the hilarity and misadventures of a boy named Franz, who falls in love with a doll named Coppelia, and becomes entangled in the hilarious delusions of a mad scientist and a jealous girlfriend! Audiences of all ages will enjoy the exuberant score of Leo Delibes in this delightful comedy originally produced in 1870 in Paris. Principal artists are Katharine Gripp as Swanhilda, Ryan Bowman as Franz and Linda Taylor as Dr. Coppelius.
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Tickets available at Page and Palette and The Coffee Loft in Fairhope or email info@bayshoreballet.com.
- Friday evening performance, April 24 at 7:30 pm
- Tickets: Adults $12, seniors and children 10 & under $10; Reserved seats $15
- Saturday morning Preview Performance, April 25 at 10 am – ALL SEATS $5.00
- Saturday afternoon performance, April 25 at 3 pm. PRINTABLE COUPON BELOW: buy one ticket at regular price, bring a friend for free!
Related Events
- The Bay Shore Ballet cameo performance, Arts & Crafts Festival, Main Stage, March 21 at 1pm
- “Coppelia” Storytime, Fairhope Public Library, March 28 at 11 am - Girls bring your favorite doll!
- School performance, Friday, April 24 at 10 am - $3 per student
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Coppelia Storybook as presented by Bay Shore Ballet 2004
Act I - The Village Square
In a tiny European village long ago, the beautiful maiden Swanhilda tries to befriend a girl who is reading on the balcony of the doll maker’s shop.
Swanhilda believes the lovely girl is the daughter of the Dr. Coppelius, an eccentric and mysterious old man rumored to dabble in magic. Swanhilda is ignored by the girl and joins her friends and other villagers to frolic and dance.
Coppelia is quite lovely and believed to be the daughter of Dr. Coppelius. In reality, Coppelia is a doll created in his mysterious workshop and Dr. Coppelius longs to find a magic potion to bring her to life. Dr. Coppelius is an eccentric, mysterious old man rumored to dabble in magic.
Swanhilda is dismayed and angry to catch her high-spirited fiancé, Franz, flirting with Coppelia. A friend presents a sheath of wheat to Swanhilda. If rattled, the wheat will reveal Franz’s true love. Hearing nothing, she is heartbroken, but joins her friends and other villagers young and old dancing and pretending all is well.
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Act II - Dr. Coppelius’ Workshop
As evening falls, Dr. Coppelius totters out of his shop and drops his key. Swanhilda and her friends discover the key and go inside. Franz also sneaks into the house to rendezvous with the beautiful girl on the balcony. The shadowy workshop is filled with curious life-size figures. Swanhilda and her friends discover that Coppelia is only a mechanical doll and that all of the figures are mechanical toys. Realizing Franz had been flirting with a doll, the girls laugh and prankishly set all the dolls in motion…the Spanish doll…the Arabian doll…the Scottish doll and the Chinese doll.
Dr. Coppelius returns and becomes enraged to find such chaos. The friends run away, but Swanhilda hides in the alcove with the doll Coppelia. Dr. Coppelius is furious to find Franz sneaking in. He plots to get the young man drunk and cast a magic spell over him; he wants to take Franz’s life forces and bring the lovely Coppelia doll to life.
In a stroke of genius, Swanhilda trades places with Coppelia and pretends to be his precious doll come to life. She wakes Franz and the two leave the bewildered old man sobbing in despair with his lifeless doll.
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Act III - The Village Square - Springtime has arrived!
On Festival Day the villagers gather for the wedding of Franz and Swanhilda.
The newlyweds are entertained with dances symbolic of the blessings of their marriage: Prayer, Tranquility, Grace and Dawn. At the end, Swanhilda and Franz dance together to pledge their devotion to each other. The entire village joins the happy couple in celebration.
and they lived...Happily Ever After