Stage works Operas: •
La maison du docteur (''The Physician's House''), opéra comique, 1 act, (
H. Boisseaux; composed either in 1852 or 1855; unperformed) •
Le docteur Miracle (
Doctor Miracle, opérette, 1 act, (
L. Battu &
L. Halévy, after
R.B. Sheridan; composed 1856; first performance: Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, 9 April 1857) •
Don Procopio, opéra bouffe, 2 acts, (C. Cambiaggio, after L. Prividali; composed 1858–59; first performance:
Monte Carlo, 10 March 1906) •
La prêtresse (
The Priestess), opérette, 1 act, (
P. Gille; composed ca. 1861; unperformed) • ''La guzla de l'émir
(The
Guzla of the
Amir''), opéra comique, (
J. Barbier &
M. Carré; composed ca. 1862; unperformed) •
Ivan IV, opéra, 5 acts, (F.-H. Leroy &
H. Trianon; composed ca. 1862–65; first performance:
Württemberg, Mühringen Castle, 1946) •
Les pêcheurs de perles (
The Pearl Fishers), opéra, 3 acts, (
E. Cormon &
M. Carré; composed 1863; first performance: Paris, Théâtre Lyrique, 30 September 1863) •
La jolie fille de Perth (
The Fair Maid of Perth), opéra, 4 acts, (
J.-H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges &
J. Adenis, after
W. Scott); composed 1866; first performance: Paris, Théâtre Lyrique, 26 December 1867) • ''Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre
(Marlbrough Goes to War''), opérette, 4 acts, (
P. Siraudin &
W. Busnach; composed 1867, Act I only, lost; first performance: Paris,
Théâtre de l'Athénée, 13 December 1867; the title was taken from the popular song "
Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre") •
La coupe du roi de Thulé (''The King of Thule's goblet''), opéra, 3 acts, (
L. Gallet &
E. Blau; composed 1868–69, after his death the autograph full score was mutilated by various hands and only fragments remain; first performance: (excerpts)
BBC Radio, 12 July 1955) •
Clarisse Harlowe, opéra comique, 3 acts, (Gille &
A. Jaime, after
S. Richardson; composed 1870–71, incomplete; unperformed) •
Grisélidis, opéra comique, 1 act, (
V. Sardou; composed 1870–71, incomplete; unperformed) •
Djamileh, opéra comique, 1 act, (Gallet, after
A. de Musset; composed 1871; first performance: Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart), 22 May 1872) •
Don Rodrigue, opéra, 5 acts, (Gallet & Blau, after
G. de Castro y Bellvis; composed 1872, incomplete draft; unperformed) •
Carmen, opéra comique, 4 acts, (H. Meilhac & L. Halévy, after
P. Mérimée; composed 1873–74; first performance: Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart), 3 March 1875)
Incidental music: • ''
L'Arlésienne'' (The Woman from Arles), incidental music, 3 acts (
A. Daudet; composed 1872; first performance: Paris,
Théâtre du Vaudeville, 1 October 1872)
Orchestral works • Overture in A Minor/A Major
(“Première Ouverture”), 1855 •
Symphony in C Major, 1855 •
Fantaisie symphonique in C Major (“Souvenirs de Rome”), 1868 •
Ouverture dramatique “Patrie”, Op. 19, 1873 •
Petite suite, orchestrations made by Bizet in 1872 of five movements from his
Jeux d’enfants •
Scènes bohémiennes, an orchestral suite made by Bizet in 1874 from his opera
La jolie fille de Perth • Suite No. 1 from the above-listed incidental music for Daudet’s
L’Arlésienne, compiled in 1872 by Bizet himself • Suite No. 2 from
L’Arlésienne, compiled by
Guiraud in 1879 after Bizet’s death • The two suites of music from
Carmen were arranged by
Ernest Guiraud, No. 1 in 1882 :
Prélude—Aragonaise (Act IV Entr’acte)—Intermezzo (Act III Entr’acte)—Séguedille—Les dragons d’Alcalá (Act II Entr’acte)—Les toréadors, and No. 2 in 1887:
Marche des contrebandiers—Habanera—Nocturne (Act III Air de Micaëla)—Chanson du toréador (Act II)—La garde montante (Act I)—Danse bohème Works for chorus and orchestra •
Clovis et Clotilde (
cantata), 1857 • Te Deum, 1858 • Ode Symphony
Vasco de Gama (words by Louis Delâtre), 1859–60
Songs (words by / year composed) • L'âme triste est pareille au doux ciel (
Lamartine) • Petite Marguerite (Olivier Rolland, 1854) • La rose et l'abeille (Rolland, 1854) • La foi, l'esperance et la charité (de Lagrave, 1854)) • Vieille chanson (
Millevoye, 1865) • Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe (
Hugo, 1866) • Apres l'hiver (Hugo, 1866) • Douce mer (Lamartine, 1866) • Chanson d'avril (Bouilhet, 1866) • ''Feuilles d'album'' (1866): "À une fleur" (
de Musset), "Adieux à Suzon" (de Musset), "Sonnet" (
Ronsard), "Guitare" (Hugo), "Rose d'amour" (Millevoye), "Le grillon" (Lamartine) • Pastorale (Regnard, 1868) • Rêve de la bien-aimée (de Courmont, 1868; dedicated to
Léontine de Maësen) • Ma vie a son secret (Arvers, 1868) • Berceuse (Desbordes-Valmore, 1868) • La chanson du fou (Hugo, 1868) • La coccinelle (Hugo, 1868) • La sirène (
Mendès, 1868) • Le doute (Ferrier, 1868) • L'esprit saint • Absence (
Gautier) • Chant d'amour (Lamartine) • Tarentelle (Pailleron) • Vous ne priez pas (Casamir Delavigne) • Le colibri (Flan, 1868) • Sérénade 'Oh, quand je dors' (Hugo) • Vœu (Hugo, 1868) • Voyage, Aubade, La nuit, Conte, Aimons, rêvons!, La chanson de la rose, Le Gascon, N'oublions pas!, Si vous aimez!, Pastel, l'abandonnée (these songs are from unidentified unfinished dramatic works)
Works for piano • Nocturne in F major •
Variations chromatiques de concert (Chromatic Variations in Concert; orchestrated by
Felix Weingartner in 1933) • Caprice in C minor • Caprice in C major •
Chasse fantastique (The Fantastic Hunt) •
Romance sans paroles (Romance Without Words) in C major •
Thème brilliant in C • Valse in C major •
Trois esquisses musicales (Three Musical Sketches) • Grande valse de concert in E •
Marine • Nocturne in D major • Impromptu in E-flat Major (Ends in E-Flat Minor) • Moment Musicaux in F Minor (Ends in F Major) •
Chants du Rhin (Songs of the Rhine) • Four préludes •
Chansons-Mélodies Romances sans Paroles: Chanson d'Avril, Extase, Méditation : Souvenir de l'Arlésienne • Venise : Romance sans Paroles
Completions of others' works •
Fromental Halévy –
Noé, opéra, 3 acts (Saint-Georges; composed 1858–62 and left unfinished at Halévy's death; completed by Bizet; first performance
Karlsruhe, 5 April 1885) ==References==