georges bizet

     

Sadly, most of this "Carmen" composer's opera "Clarissa Harlowe" is lost

Trivia about georges bizet

  • "Djamileh" is a comic opera by this composer of "Carmen"
  • On the eve of the premiere of "Carmen", he was named a chevalier of the legion of honor
  • This composer who took us to Seville in "Carmen" evoked Italy in the suite "Roma"
  • He's the 19th century French composer whose work is heard here:("Toreador Song")
  • This composer's reputation rests on his first & last full-length operas, "The Pearl Fishers" & "Carmen"
  • One of Marcel's chums at the Lycee Condorcet was Jacques, son of this "Carmen" composer
  • Yes, my children, "Jeux D'Enfants" is a suite for piano by this composer of "Carmen"
  • He burned the score of his 5-act opera "Ivan IV" before "Carmen" made him a success
  • He was only 24 when he composed "The Pearl Fishers", which was rediscovered after the success of his "Carmen"
  • This "Carmen" composer's "Symphony in C" wasn't heard until the 1930s, over 50 years after his death
  • 19th century French opera composer of "The Pearl Fishers" & "The Fair Maid of Perth", among others