A French composer of piano, vocal, and dramatic music known for the opera Carmen (1875). Torn between his gift for evocation of narrative imagery with an extraordinary musicality, and a respect and love for simple classic form, Bizet achieved a powerful synthesis of the two in the "L'Arlésienne Suites" and the famous "Carmen" shortly before he died in his mid-30s

With his opera "Carmen", French composer Georges Bizet  revitalized the French lyric stage by challenging both the oversized species of grand opera and the tired repertory of the opéra comique.

Bizet brooded a good deal over the roles of intuition and reason in artistic creation and how they affected his own work. This may indicate some lack of self-confidence, and it perhaps accounts for the fact that he began and then put aside an extraordinary number of compositions. He left relatively few completed works and even fewer important ones. He was no advanced thinker in music, but at his best he commanded an unusual wealth of original melody linked to a fine sense for orchestral sonorities and impeccable craftsmanship.