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The French composer Georges (Alexandre C\u00e9sar L\u00e9opold) Bizet was born in Paris on October 25, 1838. He died of a heart attack on June 3, 1875, in Bougival, near Paris, at the age of just 36. June 2025 marks the 150th anniversary of his death.
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\nBizet’s father was an amateur singer and composer; his mother was the sister of the famous singing teacher Fran\u00e7ois Delsarte. In 1848, before his 10th birthday, Georges Bizet became a student at the Paris Conservatoire and wrote his first symphony at the age of 17. <\/div><\/div><\/div>In 1857, he won a prize sponsored by Jacques Offenbach for the one-act operetta “Le docteur Miracle.” He also won the Rome Prize, securing a three-year scholarship in Rome. There, his talent flourished in works such as the opera buffa “Don Procopio” and his only liturgical work, the “Te Deum.” Back in Paris, he composed the operas “Les p\u00eacheurs de perles” (1863), “La jolie fille de Perth” (1867), the symphony “Roma” (1868), and “Jeux d’enfants,” a piano four-hand work (1871). The popular “L’Arl\u00e9sienne” (1872) was originally an occasional composition for a play by Alphonse Daudet, which Bizet adapted into a suite.
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\nBizet’s father was an amateur singer and composer; his mother was the sister of the famous singing teacher Fran\u00e7ois Delsarte. In 1848, before his 10th birthday, Georges Bizet became a student at the Paris Conservatoire and wrote his first symphony at the age of 17. <\/div><\/div><\/div>In 1857, he won a prize sponsored by Jacques Offenbach for the one-act operetta “Le docteur Miracle.” He also won the Rome Prize, securing a three-year scholarship in Rome. There, his talent flourished in works such as the opera buffa “Don Procopio” and his only liturgical work, the “Te Deum.” Back in Paris, he composed the operas “Les p\u00eacheurs de perles” (1863), “La jolie fille de Perth” (1867), the symphony “Roma” (1868), and “Jeux d’enfants,” a piano four-hand work (1871). The popular “L’Arl\u00e9sienne” (1872) was originally an occasional composition for a play by Alphonse Daudet, which Bizet adapted into a suite.
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His one-act op\u00e9ra comique “Djamileh” (1872) is often seen as a precursor to his most famous work, the opera “Carmen” (1875). Although “Carmen” was initially not well received by audiences, it is now one of the most popular works in all of operatic literature. Bizet, who had been made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor shortly before his death, did not live to see the success of his opera. He died three months after the premiere.<\/div><\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.motivgruppe-musik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-06-b.jpg\")
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