'''Georges Bizet''' (October, 1838 – June, 1875) was a [[French]] composer and pianist. Bizet is best known for the [[opera]] Carmen.
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'''Georges Bizet''' (Paris, October, 1838 – Bougival, June, 1875) was a [[French]] composer and pianist. Bizet is best known for the [[opera]] Carmen (1875). In 1857, he won the Prix de Rome.
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Bizet married, on June 3, 1869, to Genevieve Halevy.