La Coppelia back with choreography by ballet director

TIRANA, June 26 – La Coppelia, a comic ballet in two acts originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-L갮 to the music of LꯠDelibes in 1870, returns this weekend to Tirana with choreography by Ilir Kerci, the director of the to the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
Featuring soloists of the National Theatre of Ballet and the symphonic opera which will be directed by Italy’s Stefano Ligoratti, the comic ballet will show for three consecutive nights from June 27 to 29 at 20.00.
Based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, this delightful tale presents a budding romance between two villagers, Frantz and Swanilda, alongside the curious workings of their eccentric neighbor Dr. Coppꭩus, a mad inventor who has taken to creating life-like automatons. Infatuated at the sight of the inventor’s new doll, Frantz sneaks into Dr. Coppꭩus’ workshop, and mayhem ensues, says the New York City Ballet about the ballet.
Coppꭩa, considered one of the greatest comic ballets of the 19th Century, has remained one of the best-loved classical works in the ballet repertory. Originally choreographed by Arthur St. L갮 in 1870, restaged by Petipa in 1884, and revised by Cecchetti in 1894, it has been performed regularly since then. None of St. L갮’s original choreography remains in today’s productions, and although Acts I and II have retained his ideas and story, the nature of some of the roles has changed.
In Coppꭩa, Delibes, along with Nuitter (who devised the original book from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Der Sandmann) and St. L갮, created a work which remains a model of ballet construction. The music of Coppꭩa links two great historical periods of ballet נthe French Romantic style and the Russian Classical style.