Coppelia - Delibes - Royal Opera House (2000)

4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Colourful Coppelia

Ebenezer Scrooge from Kent, 21st March, 2005

This DVD a must for ballet lovers!RB production with sets by Lancaster.Enjoyable all round performances. The Royal Ballet blessed with a corps who know how to act as well as the principals. Additional material includes interesting (short) documentary about ballet shoes

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3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:

just superb!

A Customer from Gateshead, England, 6th March, 2006

What a treat! This is a wonderful production, extremely enjoyable with unforgettable melodies and a breathtaking choreography. A joy a watch!

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Coppelia

straighttothepointe from from Edinburgh, 24th August, 2008

I have never seen Coppelia before and I really enjoyed watching Royal Ballet's version of it. The dancers are amazing and the story of the ballet is quite different and at some points quite funny. The DVD has lots of special features and I would definately reccomend it to anyone, even non-ballet fans.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Coppelia

A Customer from York, 27th May, 2007

An absorbing ballet with dancers of a lightness of foot that defies belief. Athleticism of an exceptional level and done with superb grace.Wonderful sets make this a spectacle not to be missed.Thoroughly enjoyable.

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Wow!

Car0l from , 16th January, 2010

Filmed so that, watching on a big flat screen TV, you can feel as if you are actually in the Opera House itself as you see the conductor take up his position and the curtains open and close and hear the live audience expressing their appreciation - especially of the well-conveyed humour - in this exuberant and very precise performance by the Royal Ballet. More than that, the adventurous filming gives us the advantage of seeing not only the details in close ups of the faces and movements but, in addition, we are treated to some very unusual viewpoints such as from the doll's angle looking outwards - not something that would be possible from any seat in the house! Leanne Benjamin is a really excellent dancer and actress and moves around the stage so easily. Loved her as the naughty doll. So playful and natural, yet so creative too! Particularly graceful pas de deux with Carlos Acosta in the final Act, who is very handsome and strong in the role of Franz. Could watch it again and again. And I did. Must see more.....

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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

A bit too long

A Customer from East Yorkshire, 4th May, 2006

The second act appears to be a showcase for the various principles and is too long...........other wise a very good production

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