The Barber of Seville (1948 film)

The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
Directed by	Jean Loubignac
Based on	The Barber of Seville by Pierre Beaumarchais
Produced by	Claude Dolbert
Cinematography	René Colas
Edited by	Fanchette Mazin
Music by	Gioachino Rossini
Production; company	Codo Cinéma
Distributed by	Les Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique
Release date	19 May 1948;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Barber of Seville (French: Le Barbier de Séville) is a 1948 French musical film directed by Jean Loubignac^[1] It is a screen version of the 1816 opera by Rossini based on the 1775 play by Beaumarchais (in the translation by Castil-Blaze).^[2] Filmed at the Billancourt Studios in Paris it uses the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique production of the time.^[3] It was filmed in 1947, released in May 1948, and lasts around 95 minutes.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Louis Le Barbenchon.

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.^[4]

Cast

Roger Bussonnet as Figaro
Raymond Amade as Almaviva
Lucienne Jourfier as Rosine
Louis Musy as Don Bartolo
Roger Bourdin as Don Bazile
Renée Gilly as Marceline
Jean Vieuille as Pédrille
Gustave Wion as L'Officier
Serge Rallier as L'Alcade
Jean Retty as Le Notaire

The chorus and orchestra of the Opéra-Comique are conducted by André Cluytens.

References

^ ^a ^b Le Cinéma Français site, retrieved 29 July 2013
^ Goble p.112
^ Turconi, Davide. Filmographie. L'avant-scène opéra – Cinéma et Opéra, no. 98 (May 1987): 123.
^ Wolff, Stéphane. Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique 1900–1950. André Bonne, Paris, 1953, p. 27.

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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[cf-1] Le Cinéma Français site, retrieved 29 July 2013

[2] Goble p.112

[3] Turconi, Davide. Filmographie. L'avant-scène opéra – Cinéma et Opéra, no. 98 (May 1987): 123.

[4] Wolff, Stéphane. Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique 1900–1950. André Bonne, Paris, 1953, p. 27.

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