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* ''La prêtresse'', opérette, 1 act, composed ca. 1861. | * ''La prêtresse'', opérette, 1 act, composed ca. 1861. | ||
* ''La guzla de l'émir'', opéra comique, 1862. | * ''La guzla de l'émir'', opéra comique, 1862. | ||
| + | * ''Les pêcheurs de perles'', opera, 1863 | ||
| + | * ''La jolie fille de Perth'', opera, 1866 | ||
* ''Don Rodrigue'', opéra, 5 acts, composed 1872. | * ''Don Rodrigue'', opéra, 5 acts, composed 1872. | ||
* ''[[Carmen]]'', opéra, 4 acts, composed 1873-74. | * ''[[Carmen]]'', opéra, 4 acts, composed 1873-74. | ||
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* ''La sirène''. | * ''La sirène''. | ||
* ''La chanson du fou''. | * ''La chanson du fou''. | ||
| + | * ''Jeux d'enfants (Children's Games)'' 12 pieces for piano duet; better known orchestrated. | ||
| + | * ''Incidental music to "L'Arlesienne"'' (Usually heard as one of two suites) | ||
| + | * ''Symphony in C major'' | ||
| + | * ''"Roma"'' (Symphony) | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 00:08, September 27, 2008
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.
- Les pêcheurs de perles, opera, 1863
- La jolie fille de Perth, opera, 1866
- 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.
- Jeux d'enfants (Children's Games) 12 pieces for piano duet; better known orchestrated.
- Incidental music to "L'Arlesienne" (Usually heard as one of two suites)
- Symphony in C major
- "Roma" (Symphony)