What prediction did Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky make about Carmen?

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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.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky accurately predicted the future success of Georges Bizet's opera, Carmen, stating: “Ten years hence Carmen will be the most popular opera in the world.”1

While Bizet died believing his work was a failure due to its initial rejection by audiences who found the subject matter vulgar and immoral, Tchaikovsky recognized the opera's brilliance after attending a performance in Paris in 1875.12