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Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the romantic era. He is best known for his opera Carmen.

He was born in Paris. He was registered with the legal name Alexandre-César-Léopold Bizet, but was baptized Georges Bizet and was always known by the latter name. A child prodigy, he entered the prestigious Paris Conservatory of Music a fortnight before his tenth birthday.

In 1857 he shared a prize offered by Jacques Offenbach for a setting of the one-act operetta Le docteur Miracle and won the Prix de Rome. As per the conditions of the scholarship, he studied in Rome for three years. There, his talent began to mature with such works as the opera Don Procopio. Besides this stay in Rome, Bizet lived in the Paris area for his entire life.

Following his stay in Rome, he returned to Paris where he dedicated himself to composition. Early into his return to Paris, Georges’s mother died. In 1863 he composed the opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) for the Theatre-Lyrique. During this period Bizet also wrote the opera La jolie fille de Perth, his well-known L’arlésienne (written as incidental music for a play), and the piano piece Jeux d’enfants (Children’s games) He also wrote the romantic opera Djamileh, which is often seen as a percursor to Carmen.

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Drachenlady82 wrote:
last month

love Carmen...the music and story is great.

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souslesfemmes wrote:
last month

Carmen is so lovely.

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lawyerd wrote:
December 2009

Nietzsche loved Carmen?

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Ikikid wrote:
December 2009

hey, I would be glad to go see one of his gigs... xD

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iheartpandas wrote:
December 2009

"in tour" LOL

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kieleke wrote:
November 2009

Carmen is fantastic. [3] I just saw the opera day before yesterday and it was even better than what I could ever've imagined.

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NuclearBoom wrote:
October 2009

Carmen is one of my " all time favourite" <3333

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CobainsDisease wrote:
October 2009

Nirvana used to jam on L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle.

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brittpinkie wrote:
October 2009

I saw Carmen today- it was great! :)

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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
September 2009

I can see why Nietzsche loved Carmen.

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VermeiLLove wrote:
August 2009

hanabera is perfect

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Mawena wrote:
July 2009

Wow, Carmen is beautiful.

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Galgenterrorist wrote:
July 2009

"ankurtg", "yosun_merve" and "eoeo", most possible the only three people that have not registred yet, that there are SO LOT of people who make jokes (over and over again...) about the fact, that the Last.fm system tells us, those componists of the 19th century would still be on tour: Ofcourse they don't tour themself, but their music will be played on that dates in that areas.

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Antares_27 wrote:
June 2009

Habanera is so good.

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skoudman wrote:
June 2009

esp. to have been dead so long

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govinda9 wrote:
April 2009

Una opera magnífica.

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kducon wrote:
April 2009

que nul ne peut apprivoiser, et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle, s'il lui convient de refuser. ahhhh, hyper magnifique!!

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SpeakLow93 wrote:
April 2009

♥L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle♥ Carmen, Simply, Delicious, Fantastic.

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alicesamchou wrote:
March 2009

我想說中文。。他的音樂很動聽

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lmlmll wrote:
March 2009

I think Carmen is the best opera of time! 没有一个多余的音没有一段不是美的

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