![]() The ballet’s title refers not to its feisty heroine but to a life-size mannequin – a mechanical doll positioned in the window if its maker, Dr Coppélius. ![]() Not only does it make an ideal end-of-year alternative to The Nutcracker but is also arguably a better first-ballet experience – and Covent Garden is all for accessibility right now. The only mystery about this unrepentantly old-fashioned production is why the Royal Ballet has not revisited it in over a decade. In featuring ordinary people and things rather than magic curses or avenging ghosts, Coppélia stands apart in the canon of 19th-century ballets. ![]() Coppélia, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London ★★★ ![]()
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