Acclaimed director Laurent Pelly is one of the most renowned and prolific interpreters of Offenbach's brilliantly inventive operettas, including several productions for the Opera de Lyon. The composer's satirical and hilarious opera bouffe version of the Charles Perrault's 17th-century tale of the serial wife-murdering Bluebeard (in which no-one actually gets murdered), deftly walks the line between humour and cruelty, with a stellar performance from Yann Beuron in the title role.