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."
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Filmography
all 64
Movies 61
TV Shows 3
The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen (2024)
Maledictis (2023)
Operago (2022)
Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka (2019)
The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen (2019)
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala (2018)
Bluey (2018)
Carmen (2018)
Happiness (2017)
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla (2017)
Bizet: Carmen (Bregenz Festival) (2017)
Bizet: Carmen (2017)
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (2016)
Carmen aux Chorégies d'Orange 2015 (2015)
Carmen (2015)
This is Opera (2015)
Bizet: Carmen (2014)
Bizet Carmen (2014)
Carmen (2014)
Carmen (2012)
Carmen (2011)
Carmen in 3D (2011)
Carmen (2010)
Bizet: Carmen (2010)
Carmen (2009)
Carmen (2007)
Carmen (2006)
The Pearlfishers (2005)
Bizet: Carmen (2003)
Carmen (2002)
Carmen (1999)
Carmen (1998)
Carmen (1997)
Carmen (1994)
Carmen (1991)
Carmen (1989)
Carmen (1988)
Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1985)
Carmen nue (1984)
Carmen (1984)
Carmen (1983)
Carmen (1980)
Carmen (1978)
Diptych (1967)
Bizet Carmen (1967)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Ugolin (1953)
Manon of the Spring (1952)
Carmen (1944)
Carmen (1936)
Carmen (1934)
Gipsy Blood (1931)
The Girl from Arles (1908)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1838-10-25
Deathday1875-06-03 (36 years old)
Birth NameAlexandre Cesar Leopold Bizet
Birth PlaceParis, France
Religionatheism
Height
SpouseGeneviève Halévy
ChildrenJacques Bizet
FatherAdolphe Armand Bizet
MotherAimée Léopoldine Joséphine Delsarte
CitizenshipsFrance
ResidencesHôtel Halévy, France
AwardsKnight of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome
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