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9 January 2016

9:00 AM

9 January 2016

9:00 AM

Ceylon was the exotic setting for the opera The Pearl Fishers. It premiered in Paris in 1863; its composer Georges Bizet was only 24. It was not a hit. Twelve years later, before his untimely death, he composed Carmen. Neither was successful while he was alive but Carmen became a spectacular and enduring success.

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