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.

Suzanne is pursued by soldiers but rescued by a young officer, André, and the attraction between them is immediate.

The brutal Malicorne abuses Suzanne one time too many, and she escapes with Paillasse, Grand-Pingouin, and Marion.

They are invited to perform at the Castle of the Count des Étiquettes, who is André's uncle.

Being of high birth, she and André can be married, but she also feels sorrow that she will be leaving her friends.