The Barber of Seville (1948 film) 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. The chorus and orchestra of the Opéra-Comique are conducted by André Cluytens. The Barber of Seville (1948 film) The Barber of Seville (French: 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
Nir Kabaretti Real in Madrid ( Cenerentola, Die Walküre ), The Israeli Opera ( Fidelio, Manon Lescaut ), Lausanne Opera ( Nino Rota's Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze, Die Fledermaus), Avenches Opera Festival Nabucco, The Barber of Seville, Madama Butterfly) and The New National Theatre in Tokyo (The Barber of Seville). He also conducted The Diary of Anne Frank by Fried, a visiting production of the Vienna State Opera, at both the Bregenz Festival and at Expo 2000 in Hannover . In 2005 Kabaretti lead Teatro San Carlo di Napoli on its first tour to Japan conducting Il Trovatore both in