He imitated Donizetti's Don Pasquale in an opera which ends with Odoardo marrying Bettina.
One of this composer's operas is based on Alfred de Musset's Namouna. He also completed Fromental Halévy's unfinished opera Noé. He imitated Donizetti's Don Pasquale in an opera which ends with Odoardo marrying Bettina. He wrote the aria "Comme autrefois," in which Leila recalls happier times, for an opera whose characters include a high priest of Brahma named Nourabad. In that opera, Nadir and Zurga sing the duet "Au fond du temple saint." The title character of his most famous opera compares love to a rebellious bird in an Act 1 habanera. In that opera, Escamillo sings an aria usually known as the Toreador Song. For 10 points, name this composer of Don Procopio, The Pearl Fishers and Carmen.
One of this composer's operas is based on Alfred de Musset's Namouna.
Georges Bizet