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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.
Bizet married, on June 3, 1869, to Genevieve Halevy.
Some works
- La prêtresse, opérette, 1 act, composed ca. 1861.
- La guzla de l'émir, opéra comique, 1862.
- Don Rodrigue, opéra, 5 acts, composed 1872.
- Carmen, opéra, 4 acts, composed 1873-74.
- Grande Valse de Concert in E flat.
- Marine.
- Nocturne, in D major.
- Chants du Rhin.
- La sirène.
- La chanson du fou.