
Theatre· Nice
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
*Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme* is a five-act comédie-ballet by Molière, with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, first performed in 1670 before King Louis XIV at Chambord. It satirizes social climbing and pretension through the story of Monsieur Jourdain, a wealthy bourgeois merchant who absurdly tries to adopt the manners, dress, and education of an aristocrat.