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
Gioachino Rossini Rossi of Voltaire's tragedy "Tancrède". Traces of Ferdinando Paer and Giovanni Paisiello were undeniably present in fragments of the music. But any critical feeling on the part of the public was drowned by appreciation of such melodies as ""Di tanti palpiti... Mi rivedrai, ti rivedrò"", which became so popular that the Italians would sing it in crowds at the law courts until called upon by the judge to desist. By the age of 21, Rossini had established himself as the idol of the Italian opera public. He continued to write operas for Venice and Milan during the next few years,