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Bizet (1838~1875), born in Paris, is a French composer whose opera "Carmen" is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world.
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1. Biography Introduction
Bizet was born into a musical family, his father was a vocal teacher, his mother was a pianist, and his uncle was a famous singer and music educator. Under the influence of a good family environment, Bizet showed extraordinary musical talent at an early age.
He began to learn piano at the age of 4, and at the age of 10, his parents sent him to study at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was taught and influenced by Gounod.
He began composing music at the age of 12.
At the age of 17, he completed his first symphony.
In 1857, Bizet received financial support from the Academy for his prestigious Prix de Rome to study in Rome, Italy.
In 1861 Bizet returned to Paris and continued to work on his work.
From 1863 onwards, Bizet's operas The Pearl Diver, The Beautiful Girl of Peltz and Zamire were staged.
In 1872, Bizet composed the score for Dude's play The Girl from the City of Alai, which has survived to this day and is recognized as a masterpiece.
The 1874 opera Carmen was the pinnacle of Bizet's composition, and it remains a very popular piece of Western opera to this day.
In 1875, Bizet died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 37.
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2. Love and marriage
Bizet's personal life was full of drama, with a brief romance with Marie, an Italian singer, and a romantic affair with Adele, a Spanish dancer.
In 1869, Bizet finally settled down, ended his emotional drift, and married his teacher Javier's daughter Gina Vier, who lasted six years, and after Bizet's death, Gina remarried to a rich man.
Bizet and Gina have an only son, who is a very psychologically unbalanced person, and this trait is also passed on to his son, who later suffered several setbacks in his career and committed suicide at the age of fifty.
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Third, France regrets
In 1874, Bizet's opera Carmen was written, but its premiere was unsuccessful.
The failure of the performance made Bizet extremely depressed, and even doubted his creative ability, and Bizet, who was hit, became extremely fragile physically and mentally, and finally passed away.
Four months after Bizet's death, Carmen was a great success in Vienna, followed by performances in Brussels, London, New York, Paris and other places, where it received great acclaim and world fame.
It's a pity that Bizet didn't see this scene when he was alive, and this is not only his personal regret, but also known as "France's regret".
A still from "Carmen".