Georges Bizet
French composer
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- 1838–1875
Updated September 2026
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About Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet was a French composer of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire.
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