''The Barber of Seville'' (French: ''Le Barbier de Séville'') is a
French film directed by
released in
1948
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retrieved 29 July 2013 It is a screen version of the
1816 opera by
Rossini
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...
based on
the 1775 play by
Beaumarchais (in the translation by
Castil-Blaze
François-Henri-Joseph Blaze, known as Castil-Blaze (1 December 1784 – 11 December 1857), was a French musicologist, music critic, composer, and music editor.
Biography
Blaze was born and grew up in Cavaillon, Vaucluse. He went to Paris ...
). Filmed at the
Billancourt Studios
Billancourt Studios was a film studio in Paris which operated between 1922 and 1992. Located in Boulogne-Billancourt, it was one of the leading French studios. It was founded in the silent era by Henri Diamant-Berger. During the Second World War ...
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.
[Wolff, Stéphane. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique 1900–1950.'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953, p. 27.]
The film director is Jean Loubignac, director of photography
René Colas, sets by Louis Le Barbenchon, and producer
Claude Dolbert
Claude Dolbert (1902–1967) was a French film producer and occasional screenwriter.Goble p.4 He was married to the actress Hélène Pépée who appeared in several films he produced.
Selected filmography
* ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937)
* '' ...
, for Codo-Cinéma.
Cast
*Roger Bussonnet as Figaro
*Raymond Amade as Almaviva
*
Lucienne Jourfier
Lucienne Jourfier (17 September 1923 in Toulouse - 10 January 2017 in Paris) was a 20th-century French operatic coloratura soprano.
Biography
Her father, Gaston Jourfier, a renowned painter and professor at the city's Fine Arts School, was alr ...
as Rosine
*
Louis Musy
Louis Musy (22 October 1902, Algeria – 19 October 1981) was a French operatic baritone and stage director principally active at the Paris Opéra-Comique. His teacher was Léon David.Kutsch KJ, Riemens L. ''Großes Sängerlexikon''. Francke, Bern ...
as Don Bartolo
*
Roger Bourdin as Don Bazile
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Renée Gilly as Marceline
*
Jean Vieuille
Jean Vieuille was a French people, French bass-baritone singer (born Paris, 14 February 1902, died Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, 6 April 1967) who enjoyed a long stage career mainly centred at the Paris Opéra-Comique.
Life and career
His teachers w ...
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
External links
*
''Le Barbier de Séville''at
Ciné-Ressources
1948 films
1948 musical films
French musical films
Films directed by Jean Loubignac
Films based on The Barber of Seville
Films set in Seville
Films set in the 18th century
Films shot at Billancourt Studios
French black-and-white films
Opera films
1940s French films
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