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=== Music === * The 1891 [[music hall]] song "[[The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (song)|The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo]]", written by [[Fred Gilbert]] about a real life English trickster in Monte Carlo and popularised in 1892 by singer and comedian [[Charles Coborn]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo — music hall hit was inspired by a shady character |url=https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/monte-carlo.html |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=Financial Times}}</ref> * The Prince and Princess of Monte Carlo are characters in the [[Savoy opera]] ''[[The Grand Duke]]'' (1896) by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsarchive.net/grand_duke/html/short_summary.html|title=The Grand Duke Plot Summary|website=www.gsarchive.net}}</ref> * ''[[Monte Carlo (musical)|Monte Carlo]]'' is an [[Edwardian musical comedy]] in two acts with a book by Sidney Carlton, music by [[Howard Talbot]] and lyrics by [[Harry Greenbank]] first performed in 1896.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gsarchive.net/british/montecarlo/index.html|title=Monte Carlo|website=gsarchive.net}}</ref> * ''La Dame de Monte Carlo'' is a monologue for soprano and orchestra composed by [[Francis Poulenc]] in 1961 based on a poem from [[Jean Cocteau]]’s ''Théâtre de poche''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3908|title=La Dame de Monte-Carlo (Cocteau, set by (Francis Poulenc)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)|website=www.lieder.net}}</ref> * "Monte Carlo Nights" is a song by [[Grover Washington Jr]] composed in 2001.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/monte+carlo|title=Lyrics containing the term: monte carlo|website=www.lyrics.com}}</ref> * "Goin' Down To Monte Carlo" is a song by [[Van Morrison]] composed in 2012.<ref name="auto"/>
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