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El Carnaval de los Animales
La Llave Maestra presents the famous musical suite created by the French composer Camille Saint-Säens in 1886.
5 comedians bring to life 42 animals and 7 characters, who will transport us on a journey to the heart of the wild world, transitioning with versatility and virtuosity between object and puppet animation, physical theater, masks, shadow theater, dance, and clowning.
Conceived as an ode to animal beauty and majesty, THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS: Ballet of Forms and Objects, is a surprising spectacle; an invitation to contemplate with open senses and let yourself be carried away by music, creativity and visuality.
📚 History & Interesting Facts:
“The Carnival of the Animals” (Le Carnaval des Animaux) is a musical suite by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, composed in 1886. It is a humorous musical parody, intended initially by Saint-Saëns purely for private performance among friends and not for public release. He feared that its lighthearted and comical nature would detract from his reputation as a serious composer.
The suite is divided into fourteen movements, each representing a different animal or group of animals, and often incorporates musical jokes and parodies of well-known pieces by other composers, or even of Saint-Saëns’s own work. For example, the “Pianists” movement is a humorous caricature of piano students practicing scales, while “Fossils” quotes “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and other familiar tunes in a skeletal, xylophone-dominated arrangement.
Ironically, despite Saint-Saëns’s initial reluctance, “The Swan” movement, featuring a cello melody accompanied by two pianos, became one of his most popular and enduring works, often performed as a standalone piece. The complete suite was only published and premiered publicly after Saint-Saëns’s death in 1921, at his explicit request. Since then, it has become one of the most beloved and frequently performed pieces in classical music, especially popular with children and for its clever orchestration and witty musical portrayals.
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