Pictures of
Georges Bizet

French composer
(1838-75)



Bizet's most famous work was the opera Carmen (1875), one of the most popular operas ever written. Other notable examples of Bizet music: Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers); La Jolie Fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth); and the incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play, L'Arlésienne.





Georges Bizet







A poster for a performance of Bizet's opera, Carmen, in the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, c. 1939. (This poster is held in the WPA Posters Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.)





Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of Georges Bizet, his music, activities, friends and family, and the various places where the composer lived and wrote.