French composer (1838-1875) best known for the opera Carmen, premiered the year of his death and poorly received at first, which went on to become one of the most frequently performed operas in the world.
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Georges Bizet
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Carmen, Works Source The New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansStanley Sadie, editor (successive editions)
Score composed by Georges Bizet (as Symphony in C major, 1855), used for the 1947 Balanchine ballet.
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Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire.
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Bizet was admitted to the Conservatoire on 9 October 1848, two weeks before his 10th birthday.
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Georges Bizet (né Alexandre César Léopold Bizet; 25 October 1838-3 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic era.
View the SourceThe New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Stanley Sadie, editor (successive editions), Oxford University PressWorks Created: Carmen
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