Coppélia - Coppélia (English spelling)

Japanese: コッペリア - こっぺりあ(英語表記)Coppélia
Coppélia - Coppélia (English spelling)

Ballet. 3 acts, 4 scenes. Music by Delibes. The libretto was adapted by Charles Nuyttel from The Sandman by E. T. A. Hoffmann, and later revised by Arthur Saint-Léon. Choreography by Saint-Léon. It premiered at the Paris Opera in May 1870. An old toymaker, Dr. Coppelius, is making a doll of a beautiful girl. A young boy, Franz, peeks into the house opposite and mistakenly believes the doll to be alive, so he breaks into Coppelius' house, but is found and captured by the doctor. Franz's lover, Swanilda, disguises herself as the doll and saves Franz. This work avoids the fantastical ending of the original Sandman, in which the boy commits suicide, and is sprinkled with folk dances in the opening and closing acts, making it a fun piece. There are many revised versions, including that of the New York City Ballet, but Roland Petit's revised version, which places the stylish Dr. Coppélius in the lead role, is a novel one. The original "The Sandman" was also featured in Offenbach's opera "The Tales of Hoffmann."

[Masa Ichikawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

バレエ。3幕4場。ドリーブ作曲。台本は、E・T・A・ホフマン原作の『砂男(すなおとこ)』をもとにシャルル・ニュイッテルが脚色、のちにアルチュール・サン・レオンが一部改作。振付けサン・レオン。1870年5月パリのオペラ座で初演。年老いた玩具(がんぐ)職人コッペリウス博士が美しい少女の人形をつくっている。少年のフランツは向かいの家からのぞいてその人形を生きていると錯覚し、コッペリウスの家に侵入するが、博士にみつかって捕らえられてしまう。恋人のスワニルダが人形に扮装(ふんそう)してフランツを救う、といった筋になっている。原作『砂男』での、幻想的で少年が最後に自殺してしまう結末を避け、序幕と終幕に民族舞踊をちりばめて、楽しい作品になっている。ニューヨーク・シティ・バレエ団のものなど多くの改訂版があるが、ローラン・プチの改訂版は粋(いき)なコッペリウス博士を主役に据え、斬新(ざんしん)なものである。なお、原作の『砂男』はオッフェンバックによりオペラ『ホフマン物語』にも取り上げられている。

[市川 雅]

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