The Adventures of Pinocchio (opera) The Adventures of Pinocchio (opera) The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 2007 opera in two acts by Jonathan Dove with a libretto by Alasdair Middleton based on the 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. It starred Victoria Simmonds as Pinocchio, Mary Plazas as the Blue Fairy and Jonathan
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (orig. "Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige", "Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden") is a work of fiction by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It was published in two books, "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" in 1906 and "Further Adventures of Nils" in 1907. These two are usually combined into a single book called "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils", although that name could also describe the first book only. The background for publication was a commission from the National Teachers Association in 1902 to write a geography reader for the