Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet

  • Birthday: 1838-10-25
  • Deathday: 1875-06-03
  • Place of birth: Paris, France

Biography

Georges Bizet was a child prodigy. Entering the Paris Conservatory at the age of nine, he counted among his teachers Antoine Marmontel, François Benoist and Jacques Halévy. At nineteen Bizet won a Prix de Rome. That same year he wrote his first opera, 'Le Docteur Miracle', a one-act comedy. After his studies in Italy he returned to Paris with the intention of writing music for the stage. His 'Les Pêcheurs de perles' (1863), 'La jolie fille de Perth' (1867) and 'Djamileh' however met no more than moderate success. Bizet remained in relative obscurity until 1872, when his incidental music for Daudet's "L'Arlésienne" won him a degree of fame. It was at the suggestion of Camille du Locle, director of the Opéra-Comique, that Bizet composed his opera 'Carmen'. Bizet's librettists, Henri Leilhac and Ludovic Halévy, had based their adaptation on a short novel by Prosper Mérimée. After initial bad reviews, today 'Carmen' is probably the most known opera in the world. The composer's strong dramatic sense, sensuous melodies, vivid orchestration and pulsating rhythms combine into what more than one critic has termed "the perfect opera." - IMDb Mini Biography By: Marcos Eduardo Acosta Aldrete

Production

Carmen

2018

As Compositor

Maledictis

2023

As Compositor

Manon of the Spring

1952

As Additional Music

Ugolin

1953

As Additional Music

Diptych

1967

As Music

Carmen

2002

As Original Music Composer

Everything Will Be OK

2006

As Music

Carmen

2014

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

2007

As Original Music Composer

Bizet: Carmen

2014

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

1978

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

2009

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

1984

As Original Music Composer

Bizet Carmen

2014

As Original Music Composer

Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera

1985

As Original Music Composer

The Pearlfishers

2005

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

1989

As Original Music Composer

Bizet: Carmen

2003

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

1997

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

2006

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

2015

As Original Music Composer

Carmen aux Chorégies d'Orange 2015

2015

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

2010

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

2012

As Original Music Composer

Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

2016

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

1936

As Music

Georges Bizet: Carmen

1980

As Music

Carmen

1994

As Music

Carmen

1934

As Music

Bizet: Carmen

2017

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

1988

As Original Music Composer

The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala

2018

As Original Music Composer

Carmen Jones

1954

As Music

Carmen

1983

As Music

Carmen

1998

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

1980

As Original Music Composer

Bizet Carmen

1967

As Original Music Composer

Bizet: Carmen

2010

As Original Music Composer

Carmen

2011

As Original Music Composer

Carmen in 3D

2011

As Original Music Composer

Happiness

2017

As Musician

Carmen

1991

As Original Music Composer

The Opera House

2017

As Music

The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen

2019

As Original Music Composer

Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka

2019

As Original Music Composer

The Girl from Arles

1908

As Original Music Composer

Black Tights

1961

As Music

Carmen

1999

As Music

Operago

2022

As Music

Bizet: Carmen (Bregenz Festival)

2017

As Original Music Composer

Trisha and Carmen

0000

As Music

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