English has lost the word saltimbank from current usage; but it is still familiar in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian as saltimbanco, and in French as saltimbanque, meaning street acrobat or entertainer.

A salto means a jump in Italian; banco in this connection is a trestle holding a board, set up as a temporary stage for open-air performers.

[6] Saltimbanco's last performance took place in Montreal on December 30, 2012[3] after 6,000 big top and arena appearances before 14 million spectators in 200 cities worldwide.

A rosace made of metal rings suspended over the stage allowed light to filter through like leaves on a tree.

[4][8] Characters mentioned in the show's promotional literature included: Numerous performers had portrayed the Baron and Eddie over the years, including René Bazinet (1992–1996, 2006), Gordon White (1993–1994), Julien Cottereau (1994–1997, 1998, 2000, 2004-2005), Frédéric Volovitch (1995-1997), Lee Ross (1999–2001), Jesko von den Steinen (2002–2005, 2006), Amo Gulinello (2005–2011), and Martin Pons (2011–2012).

The 1993 Costa Mesa cast of 36 included; With Miguel Arias, Dimitrii Arnaoutov, Rene Bazinet, Alain Berge, Pawel Biegaj , Witek Biegaj, Martin Boisvert, Jean-Paul Boun, Jenny Clement, Andrea Conway, Vincent Cotnoir, Nicolas Dupere, Joscelyn Drainville, Alain Gauthier, Nui Guishan, Sun Hongli, Miguel Herrera, Galina Karableva, Guy Kaye, Brigitt Larochelle, Isabelle Larose, Jean-Francois Lemieux, Marco Lorador, Paulo Lorador, Daniel Olivier, Francois Dumais, Francine Poitras, Mathieu Roy, Karyne Steben, Sarah Steben, Sonia St-Martin, Zhang Shengli, Anton Tchelnokov, Nikolai Tchelnokov, Neomi Tamelio, Guennadi Tchijov, Huang Zhen.

In 2001 Cirque du Soleil Musique released a limited edition of the original 1992 soundtrack featuring two additional tracks, "Arlequin" and "Adagio" (performed by Laur Fugere).

The employee special edition features a live, in-house recording of an entire performance and is considered a collector's item.

In 2012, just before the show's retirement, a behind-the-scenes documentary was filmed, titled Saltimbanco Forever 20 (directed by Eric Chaussé; director of photography: Miguel Henriques; editor: Julie Bouffard).

[13] In 2014 another excerpt was leaked featuring an interview with boleadoras performer Adriana Pegueroles;[14][15] another clip, about the show's music, was published in 2019.

Between 2011 and 2012, it visited over 50 cities in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Eastern Europe, and North America.