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The sweetness of innocence: San Francisco Ballet's Coppélia

By Jaime Robles, 10 March 2016
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“the dancing ... was dazzling”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 8 March 2016
Programme
Coppélia (George Balanchine)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
Frances Chung, Dancer
Vitor Luiz, Dancer
Patrice Molat, Dancer
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Jaime Robles
Jaime Robles
Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.