Léo Delibes Coppélia is a pure delight, a feast of musicality and humor for all ages, and probably the greatest ballet comedy ever written! This disc also presents Delibes Sylvia, a romance filled with sighs of longing and the thrill of infatuation. Set in antiquity, the ballet literally places love on a pedestal in the person of the Greek god Eros. The San Francisco Ballet, the oldest professional ballet company in America, was also one of the first dance companies to have its own permanent body of musicians. By the 1990s the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra was generally regarded as one of the finest ballet orchestras in the world. Notably, in 1995, the Orchestra accompanied 12 international dance companies, as well as San Francisco Ballet, during the ambitious weeklong United We Dance Festival, which promoted international communication and understanding.