Djamileh
Music by Georges Bizet · libretto by Louis Gallet · premiered 1872 · at Opéra-Comique
Djamileh is an opéra comique in one act by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Louis Gallet, based on an oriental tale, Namouna, by Alfred de Musset.
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About the Composer
Georges Bizet (né Alexandre César Léopold Bizet; 25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) 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. During a brilliant student career at the Conservatoire de Paris, Bizet won many prizes, including the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1857. He was recognised as an outstanding pianist, though he chose not to capitalise on this skill and rarely performed in public. Returning to Paris after almost three years in Italy, he found that the main…
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Other Operas by Georges Bizet
- Ivan IV
- La jolie fille de Perth (1838)
- La maison du docteur (1852)
- Don Procopio (1859)
- Carmen (1875)