Trivia / Mystère

• Cut Song:
  • Due to the 1995-96 Retool, "Rumeurs" and "Caravena" were cut. Since they all appeared on the 1994 soundtrack, it was another reason that the live album was recorded in '96 and the original eventually went out of print.
  • "Birimbau" was also cut during the '95-'96 retool, which made it odd that years later it was the song chosen to represent this show in the Delirium concert tour and on the company's 25th anniversary Greatest Hits Album. As of The New '10s, the soundtrack version serves as the show's exit music (the recorded music that plays as the audience leaves the showroom) in a bit of trope zig-zagging.
  • In late 2010, most of "High Bar" was cut and replaced with a new, more upbeat number. That song was dropped in 2012 with the act itself when a trapeze act and "Fiesta" were brought in to replace it.
  • The Retool that unfolded over 2016-17 and eliminated the aerial cube act saw "Misha" and "Gambade" replaced with new songs, though "Misha" was later reinstated.
• The Danza: Brian Le Petit (Dewhurst) and Bebe Francois (Dupuis, creator of the role and primary performer until his death in 2012).
• Deleted Role:
  • Several characters were lost in the 1995-96 Retool such as "The Prince" (who had a Dark Secret) and a third baby — a boy who had a living doll as his lovey. Virtually no more details are available on this period of the show's history, alas.
  • Gabriel was dropped in the 2016-17 Retool via the loss of the aerial cube act, while the Goddess (aerial silk) was dropped not long afterward.
• Long-Runners: With Christmas Day 2018 marking the show's 25th anniversary, and no formal closing date in sight (as of March 2020 it is on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic), this is the longest-running Cirque du Soleil show ever produced, and one of the longer-running shows in Las Vegas history (the only currently running show that claims a longer run is King Arthur's Tournament/Tournament of Kings [1990]).
• The Pete Best: Brian Dewhurst/Le Petit didn't arrive until 2000 — at least, not onstage; Dewhurst was actually the show's artistic coordinator^note the person who oversees a show in lieu of the director from day to day for its first few years. The clown act was originated by Wayne Hronek (as Benny Le Grand; he taught it to Dewhurst); another performer who handled it in The '90s was Alex El Sobrino, and Alfredo et Adrenaline were a male-female duo with a completely different act that appeared during 1995-96. As next to none of Hronek's act was captured for posterity in Cirque ads and documentaries and none at all of the others' acts, and Dewhurst's tenure in the show was far, far longer than any of theirs, few fans recall those who came before him.
• Real-Life Relative
  • Over 2000-2005, the battle between Brian Le Petit and Moha-Samedi was played out by a father-son team, Brian and Nicky Dewhurst. The latter subsequently moved to Zumanity as part of that show's extensive Retool, but came back to the role for one night in 2012 as an 80th birthday surprise for his father.
  • The hand-to-hand act is performed by a pair of brothers, Marco and Paulo Lorador.
• What Could Have Been: Cirque originally pitched this show to Caesars Palace in 1990, and at that point it had a Greco-Roman mythology theme to go with the hotel-casino.