| In the spirit of Shostakovich's last symphony, Vainberg quotes trumpet fanfares from well-known works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Bizet, and Mendelssohn. |
| French classical composers, from Bizet to Ravel, also drew upon Spanish themes, and distinctive Spanish genres became universally recognized. |
| The concert will include many opera favourites including arias from Bizet, Puccini and Dvorak. |
| What is very sad is that it was critically panned at its opening and three months later Bizet died, a broken man. |
| Of course, as any opera lover knows, Bizet never actually stirred himself to visit the country in which his most popular opera is set. |
| I am staying right now in the 9th arrondissement, by pure chance across from the apartment building where the composer Georges Bizet was born. |
