What is Coppélia?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox ballet | name = Coppélia | image = Coppelia -Swanilda -Giuseppina Bozzachi -Act I-Scene 2 -Paris -1870 -2.JPG | image_alt = An old photograph of a ballerina in a knee length white ballet tutu. | image_size = 220px | caption = Giuseppina Bozzacchi, the first Swanhilda | choreographer = [[Arthur Saint-Léon]] | composer = [[Léo Delibes]] | librettist = Arthur Saint-Léon<br />[[Charles Nuitter]] | based_on = ''Der Sandmann'' (''[[The Sandman (short story)]]''), an 1816 [[fairy tale]] by [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]] | premiere = May 25, 1870 | place = [[Paris, France]] | ballet_company = [[Paris Opéra|Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra]] | characters = Swanhilda<br />Frantz<br />Dr. Coppélius<br >Coppélia | designer = Charles Gambon<br />Édouard Despléchin<br />Jean-Baptiste Lavastre<br />Paul Lormier (costumes)<br />Alfred Albert (costumes) | setting = Village in [[Poland]] at the end of the 18th century | created_for = Léontine Beaugrand | genre = [[Comedy]] | type = [[Romantic ballet]] }} '''''Coppélia ou La fille aux yeux d'email''''' ({{lang-en|Coppélia or The Girl with the Enamel Eyes}}) is probably the best-known and most [[wikt:perform|performed]] [[comedy]] [[ballet]] in the world.{{sfn|Charles|2001}} [[Arthur Saint-Léon]] and [[Charles Nuitter]] based the ballet on [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]]'s 1816 [[short story]] [[The Sandman (short story)]]. [[Léo Delibes]] wrote the music. Saint-Léon [[choreography|choreograph]]ed the ballet. The ballet is set in a Polish village long ago. Swanhilda and Frantz are sweethearts. Swanhilda thinks Frantz is in love with Coppélia, a strange girl in the house of a dollmaker named Dr. Coppélius. Swanhilda discovers Coppélia is a doll. Dr. Coppélius tries to bring the doll to life using Frantz's life force. Swanhilda saves her sweetheart's life, and the two live happily ever after. ''Coppélia'' was in rehearsal for three years. It had many troubles. One was finding