Georges Bizet (1838-75) was born Alexandre Cesar Leopold Bizet in Bougival near Paris, and trained at the Paris Conservatoire under the French composer Jacques Halévy. Bizet's operas include LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES (The Pearl Fishers, 1863), LA JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH (Fair Maid of Perth, 1867), and DJAMILEH (1872). The opera CARMEN (1875) is generally considered his most important work. Although not an immediate success, it soon became one of the most popular works in operatic history. His other compositions include Symphony In C (1855); The Symphonic Suite Roma (1866-68); Incidental Music (1872) to the play L'ARLESIENNE (The Woman from Arles), by the French writer Alphonse Daudet; the dramatic overture Patrie (Native Land, 1873); and works for piano and voice.
Oscar Hammerstein II used Bizet's CARMEN as the basis for CARMEN JONES which he wrote in 1943.Shows Associated this writer
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- Prelude From Carmen Jones
- Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum
- Card Song
- Carmen Jones
- Dats Love
- Dats Our Man
- Deres A Cafe On De Corner
- Dis Flower
- Lift Em Up And Put Em Down
- My Joe
- Poncho De Panther From Brazil
- Whizzin Away Along De Track
- You Talk Just Like My Maw
- Caint Let You Go
- Dat Ol Boy
- Git Yer Program For De Big Fight
- Good Luck Mr. Flyin Man
- Honey Gal O Mine
- If You Would Only Come Away
- Overture Carmen Jones
- De Cards Don Lie
- Blow On Em Sugar
- Finale Carmen Jones