Ballet San Antonio presents Coppelia
Tickets are on sale now!
Don’t miss your opportunity to see ballet’s most celebrated comedy, performed by San Antonio’s own professional ballet company at the historic Majestic Theatre!
To purchase tickets over the phone, call the Majestic Theatre box office at (210) 226-3333.
To purchase tickets online, select the performance you would like to attend:
Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:30PM
Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:00PM
Coppelia, the most celebrated ballet comedy of all time, tells a lively and whimsical story of magic, jealously, stubborn love, and mistaken identity.
In the first act, we meet Coppelia, the daughter of the town’s eccentric and absent-minded toymaker, Dr. Coppelius. Coppelia is first sighted by a lovely, clever girl named Swanhilda who immediately offers greetings and is ignored. Swanhilda’s temper is further inflamed when she sees her fiancé, Franz, blowing kisses to Coppelia. Swanhilda and Franz spend the first act exchanging tests of jealousy, hurt, and stubborn affection for each other. Their love is additionally tested when the Burgomaster presents teh towns young maidens with stalks of wheat which are fabled to foretell true love.
The second act is full of action. Swanhilda and Franz each break into the toymaker’s workshop, but with different results. Swanhilda and her friends create general chaos in the workshop to the dismay of Dr. Coppelius. After her friends flee, Swanhilda disguises herself in the doll’s clothes and takes cover before the inventor returns. Moments later, Franz climbs through a balcony into the workshop and is faced with the grumpy inventor whose hard work has been disrupted. Dr. Coppelius tries to trick Franz in an attempt to bring his creation to life. Things seem to start off well, but Dr. Coppelius is surprised when “Coppelia” is not the girl he expects her to be in real life. The delightful ballet ends at the Festival of Bells with the wedding of Franz and Swanhilda. Dr. Coppelius, still enraged by Swanhilda’s deception, is soothed by a gift of gold from the town’s Burgomaster. Finally, the entire town unites in joyous dancing to celebrate the marriage of the happy couple.
We invite you to participate in the ups and downs of this lively and lovely ballet with us this March.
