In its premier, it featured Giuseppina Bozzacchi as the title character and Francois Dauty as the doctor whose desire is to make a living doll.
This ballet, first performed in 1870, contains the "Ballad of the Ears of Corn," "March of the Bell," and a famous Mazurka that appears twice in the first act. In its premier, it featured Giuseppina Bozzacchi as the title character and Francois Dauty as the doctor whose desire is to make a living doll. Based on the tale Der Sandmann by Hoffman, the librettists changed the name of the doll from Olimpia and gave it a happier ending. FTP, what is this most popular ballet of Leo Delibes?
This ballet, first performed in 1870, contains the "Ballad of the Ears of Corn," "March of the Bell," and a famous Mazurka that appears twice in the first act.
Coppelia