Initial release 19 May 1948 (France) Music director Gioachino Rossini | Director Jean Loubignac Producer Claude Dolbert | |
Cast Roger Bourdin, Louis Musy, Lucienne Jourfier, Jean Vieuille Story by Pierre Beaumarchais, Cesare Sterbini Similar Adventures of the Barber of, The Crazy Day or The Marriage, Our Gang Follies of 1938, Magical Maestro, The Cat Above and the Mous | ||
Le Barbier de Séville is a French film directed by Jean Loubignac released in 1948. It is a screen version of the 1816 opera by Rossini based on the play by Beaumarchais (in the translation by Castil-Blaze). Filmed at the Boulogne-Billancourt studio it uses the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique production of the time.
It was filmed in 1947, released in May 1948, and lasts around 95 minutes.
The opera had been seen at all the principal lyric theatres in Paris; at the Salle Favart it had been performed over 500 times by the time of the film, which features several popular singers from the company.
The film director is Jean Loubignac, director of photography René Colas, sets by Louis Le Barbenchon, and producer Claude Dolbert, for Codo-Cinéma.
Cast
The chorus and orchestra of the Opéra-Comique are conducted by André Cluytens.