Coppélia

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Submitted Name

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Gender Feminine
Usage Literature, French (Rare), Theatre
Edit Status Statusnot set
Contributor Contrib.vomiting on 2/17/2011
Last Editor EditorFrollein Gladys on 6/24/2014  [revision history]

Meaning & History

This was the name of a life-sized mechanical doll created by the mysterious Doctor Coppélius in Léo Delibes' ballet 'Coppélia' (1870), based on two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. The inventor's name was possibly a latinized form of Yiddish Coppel (see Koppel).