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...Boston Opera House boasts cavernous ceilings adorned with gold filigree and chandeliers, which naturally calls for performances of virtuosity. With the opening of its production “Copp??lia” last Thursday in its home theater, Boston Ballet exhibited not only virtuosity, but also an artistic flair that brought a 140-year-old ballet to life in a world very different from its 1870 premiere...
Based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s book “Der Sandmann,” the classical ballet “Copp??lia” was first choreographed by Arthur St. Léon to the music of Léo Delibes. It is one of the greatest comic classical ballets in history, telling the whimsical tale of the easily fooled Frantz, his love Swanilda, and their encounters with old Dr. Copp??lius, the town toy-maker and magician. Though Frantz originally pesters Dr. Copp??lius, he is lured by the beauty of the scheming...
...fact, take away Eric Osmundson’s 0-for-5 performance and Eric Heil’s miss on his only shot, a three, and Penn’s worst shooting performance was starter Charlie Copp??s 1-for-2—and both of those came on threes...
With her waiflike face and small person (she does quite graze 5 ft. 4 in.; she weighs around 93 lbs.), Gelsey is an enchanting soubrette, delightful as Swanilda in Copp??lia or, more recently, as Clara in Baryshnikov's A.B.T. production of The Nutcracker. Gelsey enters in a swirl of other young people and first steps out of the crowd as a shy spectator of party festivities. At bedtime her tiny frame is swallowed up in a pink nightdress. Later, amid the wondrous dream parade of snowflakes and exotic entertainers, the girl-woman Clara stands out as the most ethereal...