 Georges Bizet ( French : [ ʒɔʁʒ <unk> ] ; 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 repertoire . 
