El viaje a la luna by Offenbach, De (2022/2022), Dirigido por Olivier Fredj,, Director Chloé Dufresne, Opéra de Nice, Niza, Francia

Opéra-féerie in 4 acts and 23 scenes by Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Albert Vanloo, Eugène Leterrier and Arnold Mortier after Jules Verne Created on October 26, 1875 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté When the king of operettas, Jacques Offenbach, seizes a best-selling novel by Jules Verne, he transforms it into a show where, beneath the apparent exuberance and madness, there is nevertheless a real melancholy: what if the Earth was really becoming uninhabitable? But what is it about here? King Vlan wishes to abdicate in favor of his son, the aptly named Caprice. But the latter refuses: he only dreams of freedom! Instead, he asks his father to take a trip to the Moon. After asking Microscope, the greatest scientist of his kingdom, for advice, the decision is made: they will settle inside a shell fired by a cannon and make this journey, to say the least, extraordinary. Of course, nothing will go as planned... Under cover of setting off to discover the moon, Offenbach in fact invites us to rediscover ourselves, without ever losing the good humor and sense of humor that made his best works so successful. Remembering Méliès, who also drew from this story a film that marked the origins of cinema, the director Olivier Fredj chooses to show the other side of this theater of special effects. With the illustrator Jean Lecointre as an accomplice, he creates a universe that is none other than that of a film set where illusions are created on sight! A beautiful tribute to the infinite power of the imagination.