# Georges Bizet

> He died thinking Carmen had flopped. Three months after its premiere, convinced the opera was a failure, Bizet suffered a heart attack at 36 - never knowing he'd written one of the most performed works in the repertoire.

*French composer (1838-1875)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1838-10-25
- **Died:** 1875-06-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Alexandre César Léopold Bizet in 1838, he tore through the Conservatoire de Paris, winning the Prix de Rome in 1857 and earning a reputation as an outstanding pianist he mostly refused to exploit. After three years in Italy, he returned to a Paris that had no use for newcomers - the opera houses wanted the classics, his own compositions went ignored, and he made rent by arranging other people's music. The 1860s brought a string of abandoned projects and two operas that went nowhere; Les pêcheurs de perles and La jolie fille de Perth barely registered. After serving in the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian War, he had another miss with Djamileh, though an orchestral suite from his incidental music to L'Arlésienne caught on immediately. Carmen's premiere was delayed - theatres feared its betrayal and murder would alienate audiences - and when it finally opened on 3 March 1875, Bizet left convinced it was a disaster. He died of a heart attack three months later, at 36, never knowing what he'd made.

## Fame
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## Topics
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