Georges Bizet

The role of Sadko today is being played by Gorgeous George. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by  George Gobel.  The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by George Crawley and Logan Weston. The role of Ken Moss is being played by George Patton. The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by George M. Cohan.   In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by George Orwell .  
Georges Bizet ( 25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875), registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, 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 repertory.
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 Parisian opera theatres preferred the established classical repertoire to the works of newcomers. His keyboard and orchestral compositions were likewise largely ignored; as a result, his career stalled, and he earned his living mainly by arranging and transcribing the music of others. Restless for success, he began many theatrical projects during the 1860s, most of which were abandoned. Neither of his two operas that reached the stage in this time—Les pêcheurs de perles and La jolie fille de Perth—were immediately successful.
After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, during which Bizet served in the National Guard, he had little success with his one-act opera Djamileh, though an orchestral suite derived from his incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlésienne was instantly popular. The production of Bizet's final opera, Carmen, was delayed because of fears that its themes of betrayal and murder would offend audiences. After its premiere on 3 March 1875, Bizet was convinced that the work was a failure; he died of a heart attack three months later, unaware that it would prove a spectacular and enduring success.

Maria Callas/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre – Carmen (1997 Digital Remaster), Act 1: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) Maria Callas/Nicolai Gedda/Andréa Guiot/Robert Massard/Georges Prêtre – Bizet: Carmen
Bizet – Carillon' from 'L'Arlésienne Various Artists – 150 Classical Masterpieces
Bizet, Georges – Bizet: Les Pecheurs des Perles / Act 1 - "Au fond du temple saint" Luciano Pavarotti – Pavarotti The 50 Greatest Tracks
Georges Bizet – L'Arlesienne - Prelude Various Artists – Classical Moods - 100 Top Classical Favorites Of All Time
Bizet, Georges – Bizet: Variations On A Theme From G. Bizet's "Carmen" (The Gypsy Song Act II) White House Version Yuja Wang – Fantasia
Bizet, Georges – Bizet: Ouvre ton coeur - Bolero Cecilia Bartoli & Myung-Whun Chung – Cecilia Bartoli - Chant d'Amour
Georges Bizet – March (from Jeux D'Enfants) Various Artists – A Calendar Of Classics - A 12 CD Set Of Romantic Classics For Every Month Of The Year
Les Brown – Bizet Had His Day – Truly Les Brown & His Band of Renown
Georges Bizet – Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) Georges Bizet – The Classic 100 – Music of France Sally-Anne Russell
Bizet, Georges – Bizet: Absence - Absence  – Marilyn Horne: The Complete Decca Recitals  poem by Gautier, Théophile
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra – Symphony in C Major: II. Adagio Various Artists – Best of Bizet
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra – Symphony in C Major: IV. Allegro vivace Various Artists – Best of Bizet
Glenn Gould – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 23: I. Drammatico
George Bizet – La Patrie: Overture