Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet, registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold 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...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth25 October 1838
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche commenting on the music of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices a sensibility hitherto unknown to us.
Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse.
I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.
What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession.