Georges Bizet A Biography [Hardcover]

This definitive work on Georges Bizet's life, first published in 1991, has bee n revised and augmented, drawing on significant research gathered for a 2011 German edition  now translated into English by Cynthia Klohr. This masterful biography rewrites the historical record concerning Bizet's achievements and restores his contributions to the world of music.Since the vibrant?production of Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2010, interest has grown in the work's French?composer, Georges Bizet. First published in 1991, Christoph Schwandt's biography of Georges Bizet is now widely recognized as the definitive work on the great composer. Drawing on recent research and revised and augmented for the 2011 edition, translated here into English by Cynthia Klohr, Schwandt cleans away the romantic misconceptions that have cluttered earlier assessments of Bizets life and works.Georges Bizet spent almost his entire life in Paris, his hometown. He never visited Spain. And yet his Carmen is considered by many the epitome of Spanish opera. Bizet did not live to see Carmens enormous worldwide success. He died at the age of thirty-six, just three months after his masterpiece took the stage for the first time. Today his other remarkable works have been entirely eclipsed by Carmen, masking the trajectory that led to the creation of one of the worlds most beloved operas.In almost all available English-language biographies, serious errors abound, often informed by romantic misconceptions surrounding the life of this remarkable musician. First published in 1991, Christoph Schwandts Georges Bizet: A Biography is now widely recognized as the definitive work on this misunderstood composers life. Drawing on significant recent research gathered for the revised and augmented 2011 German editionnow translated into English by Cynthia KlohrSchwandt rewrites and restores the historical record concerning Bizets achievements and contributions to the world of music.This work is lC{