Georges Bizet (1838-1875) was a French Romantic composer best known for his opera Carmen and the instrumental music for the play L'Arlésienne. None of his earlier operas had enjoyed any great success, and even Carmen took several months to gain public and critical acclaim, too late for the composer, who died of a heart attack aged 36, to witness.
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1838 - 1875Life of the French composer Georges Bizet.
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25 Oct 1838The composer Georges Bizet is born in Paris.
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1847 - 1858Georges Bizet studies at the Paris Conservatory.
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1855Georges Bizet composes his Symphony in C.
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1858 - 1861The composer Georges Bizet spends time in Rome.
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1863The premiere of George Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl-fishers) in Paris.
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1867The premiere of Georges Bizet’s opera La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth) in Paris.
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1871Georges Bizet completes his revisions of his Rome Symphony.
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1871Georges Bizet composes his Jeux d’enfants suite (Children’s Games).
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1872Georges Bizet writes the instrumental music for L’Arlésienne (The Girl from Arles), a play by Alphonse Daudet.
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3 Mar 1875The premiere of George Bizet's Carmen at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
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3 Jun 1875Georges Bizet dies in Bougival outside Paris.
