Les saltimbanques

Les saltimbanques
Opéra-comique by Louis Ganne
The composer c. 1900
TranslationThe Acrobats
LibrettistMaurice Ordonneau
LanguageFrench
Premiere
30 December 1899 (1899-12-30)

Les saltimbanques (The Acrobats) is an opéra-comique in three acts, libretto by Maurice Ordonneau, music by Louis Ganne, first performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris, on 30 December 1899. In the third act a ballet entitled Les Bohemiennes was danced by Julia Duval, Briant, the women of the corps de ballet and a troupe of acrobats, Les Manzoni.