October 25 - Georges Bizet (The Musical Birthday Series)

Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a composer whose Carmen is one of the mainstays of the standard repertoire.

Getting Away From It All

To escape, Carmen had an idea -

She’d slink through her best seguidilla

To seduce Don José

And seductively say,

“Tonight, Lillas Pastia’s, I’ll see ya!”

Character Development

When strangers approached Georges Bizet

And asked him how poor Don José,

Who was such a nice fella,

Could jilt Micaëla,

He turned and walked briskly away.

Cultural Differences

When they called him Bizett not Bizet,

He knew just about what they’d say,

“We really love your song,

That Toreador song,

Back in the old U.S.A.”

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