# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georges-bizet
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:54:59.691Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.