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How long after Carmen premiered did Georges Bizet die?

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Publicity photographs from the revival of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, January 1915. — Carmen Publicity photographs from the revival of Georges Bizet's opera *Carmen* at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, January 1915.

Georges Bizet died exactly three months after the premiere of his opera Carmen.1

The opera premiered on March 3, 1875, and the composer passed away on June 3, 1875. At the time of his death, Bizet was unaware of the work's future success and believed he had created a failure.231