Leo Delibes

The Greek National Opera Ballet is set to stage a 'sensitive and minimalist' new take on Leo Delibes' comic ballet 'Coppelia,' in a production choreographed by the multi-award-winning Edward Clug and with additional music by Milko Lazar that opens on May 12.

The Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (IDOB) has chosen a mythological piece for this season?s first classic ballet premier.

?Syliva,? the mythological love story uniting the huntress Sylvia and a lovelorn shepherd with the divine intervention of the deity Eros was first choreographed by Louis Merante to music by Leo Delibes in Paris in 1786.