Léo Delibes

The French composer Léo Delibes (1836-1891) wrote operettas and ballets.  The best known of these are the ballets Coppélia (1870) and Sylvia ou la nymphe de Diane (1876), and the opera Lakmé (1883).

The ballet Coppélia premiered in 1870, during the Franco-Prussian war at the time of the siege of Paris. The story is based on a story of E. T. A. Hoffmann, which is also the basis of  Act I of Tales of Hoffmann. See these sites:

The Story of Coppélia

Do a search on "Coppelia"

Other information about Léo Delibes

This one doesn't seem to work anymore:

A Biography of Léo Delibes

Last updated: November 03, 1999 by Tony McQuilkin.

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