Ernest Guiraud
Born: 23rd June 1837, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: 6th May 1892, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Ernest Guiraud was an American-born French composer and music teacher. He is best known for writing the traditional orchestral recitatives used for Bizet's opera Carmen and for Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann).
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