Premise: Ernest Guiraud (] ; 26 June 1837 – 6 May 1892) was a French composer and music teacher born in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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").
Hypothesis: Ernest Guiraud (] ; 26 June 1837 – 6 May 1892) was a French composer and music teacher born in New Orleans, Louisiana where rednecks are from.