1959 television film production of Gioachino Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville, sung in German, and recorded live at the Residenztheater in Munich. Among its legendary cast was Hermann Prey as Figaro, and Fritz Wunderlich as Count Almaviva.

Count Almaviva arrives in Seville disguised as a poor student named Lindoro to woo Rosina, the wealthy ward of Dr. Bartolo. Almaviva meets Figaro, the town’s clever barber and his former servant, who devises a plan to get the Count into Bartolo's heavily guarded house. Figaro suggests Almaviva disguise himself as a drunk soldier demanding a billet in Bartolo's home to get close to Rosina. The soldier ruse fails, so Almaviva returns disguised as "Don Alonso," a substitute music teacher claiming the regular teacher, Don Basilio, is sick. The real Don Basilio arrives unexpectedly, forcing Figaro and the lovers to bribe him into silence, before Bartolo eventually uncovers the trickery.

DVD-r is in German with optional German, Italian, English, French, and Spanish subtitles. Approx. 141 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!