Language: French
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 2007 opera in Two acts based on the 1883 Italian novel of the same name by Carlo Collodi. It tells of the creation of the wooden puppet Pinocchio and some of his adventures on the way to becoming a real boy. The opera was commissioned by Opera North with Sadler's Wells Theatre, and the original production opened at the Grand Theatre in Leeds on December 21, 2007.

The director of a traveling theater greets the spectators. Surrounded by all his company, he set himself the goal of always seeking the truth. As in the story he will tell us ... It is the story of an old man, poor and lonely, who used to talk with a tree. A storm cuts down this tree: the man decides to carve a human statue to keep himself company. As man works, the wood seems to come to life. The puppet asks him for a mouth to speak and then something to eat. Disgusted by his father's poverty, the puppet agrees to go to school to learn how to earn money.

Director: Joël Pommerat (Director), Emilio Pomarico (Music Director)
Cast: The director of the troop / first crook / second murderer / the circus director (Stéphane Degout), The father / third murderer / the schoolmaster (Vincent Le Texier), The puppet (Chloé Briot), Second crook / the cabaret manager / the judge / first murderer / the donkey seller (Yann Beuron), The cabaret singer / the bad student (Julie Boulianne), The fairy (Marie-Eve Munger), Klangforum Wien