Bizet, Georges

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  1. Bizet, Alexandre-César-Léopold Birth Name
  2. October 25, 1838 in Paris
  3. June 3, 1875 in Bougival
  4. Komponist

Iconography

Bizet photographed by Étienne Carjat (1875) (Source: Wikimedia)
Part of the Paris Conservatoire, where Bizet studied from 1848 to 1857 (photographed in 2009) (Source: Wikimedia)
Charles Gounod, a mentor and inspiration to Bizet in the latter's Conservatoire years (Source: Wikimedia)
The Villa Medici, the official home of the French Académie in Rome since 1803 (Source: Wikimedia)
Georges Bizet photographed in about 1860 (Source: Wikimedia)
The Théâtre Historique in Paris, one of the homes of the Théâtre Lyrique company, pictured in 1862 (Source: Wikimedia)
A scene from Act II of Les pêcheurs de perles (Source: Wikimedia)
Caricature of Bizet, 1863, from the French magazine Diogène (Source: Wikimedia)
Geneviève Bizet, painted in 1878 by Jules-Élie Delaunay (Source: Wikimedia)
Paris during the siege, 1870–71. A contemporary English cartoon (Source: Wikimedia)
The Opéra, destroyed by fire, 29 October 1873 (Source: Wikimedia)
Poster from Carmen's première (Source: Wikimedia)
Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, where Bizet's funeral service was held on 5 June 1875 (Source: Wikimedia)
Publicity shots for the Carmen revival at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in January 1915, with Enrico Caruso and Geraldine Farrar. Caruso is centre in the upper row, Farrar top left and bottom right. (Source: Wikimedia)

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