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Bizet

[ bee-zey ]

noun

  1. Georges [zhaw, r, zh], Alexandre César Léopold, 1838–75, French composer, especially of opera.


Bizet

/ ˈbiːzeɪ; bizɛ /

noun

  1. BizetGeorges18381875MFrenchMUSIC: composer Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1838–75, French composer, whose works include the opera Carmen (1875) and incidental music to Daudet's L'Arlésienne (1872)
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In the case of Georges Bizet's "Carmen," the composer died thinking his creation was a dismal failure; now it is one of the most-performed operas in the world.

From Salon

Akhmetshina was in London after singing in “Carmen,” one of eight productions of the Bizet opera that she is performing in this season at major opera houses.

Along with arias from Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” and Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” Kim will join with baritone and Seattle Opera resident artist Michael J. Hawk for the friendship duet from Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers.”

Cast members clad in jeans and puffer coats were rehearsing Bizet’s work in a chilly concrete basement, where a raised stage and a makeshift orchestra pit were installed late last year.

It was the hosts who made the strongest start, Grace Clinton and Celin Bizet linking up to create two big chances which the Norwegian could not capitalise on.

From BBC

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