La maison du docteur
Music by Georges Bizet · premiered 1855
La maison du docteur is an opéra comique in one act by Georges Bizet with a French libretto by Henry Boisseaux. Some music scholars assert that the opera was composed in 1852 while others believe that it was written in 1855. Either way the composition is the first opera written by Bizet. La maison du docteur has never been performed and while the music does survive in piano score only, the work has never been published. An orchestration of the piano score was performed on 9 February 2012 by the Orchestre de la Bastille at the Auditorium St. Germain in Paris.
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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
- Djamileh
- Ivan IV
- La jolie fille de Perth (1838)
- Don Procopio (1859)
- Carmen (1875)