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2 unusual facts about The Carnival of the Animals


Clio-Danae Othoneou

Winter 2007-2008 with the support of Ministry of Mercantile Marine, tours the islands of Aegean in the frames of 1st Festival Aegean Archipelagos, with the performance “TOTALARTE” with the work of Camille Saint-Saëns, Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals), in adaptation and artistic assiduity Yannis Georgiadis for piano and string quintet.

Napoleon Blown-Aparte

The music cue during the scene at the Commissioner's country house is Camille Saint-Saëns's "The Carnival of the Animals".


Les biches

The ballet, written in a light and frothy style, is in turns reminiscent of Mozart, Scarlatti, Franck, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky, mirroring the style of Saint-Saëns's private composition The Carnival of the Animals.


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