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Alexandre Koubitzky was an actor, known for Napoleon (1927). He died on 13 January 1937 in Moscow, USSR.
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Moscow, USSR
Alexandre Koubitzky was an actor, known for Napoleon (1927). He died on January 13, 1937 in Moscow, USSR.
- January 13, 1937
Napoleon: Directed by Abel Gance. With Albert Dieudonné, Nicolas Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky. A film about the French general's youth and early military career.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Abel Gance
- 1929-02-17
— Nous apprenons avec stupeur la mort d'Alexandre Koubitzky, le célèbre baryton, qui, il y a trois jours, était en bonne santé. Il était à peine âgé de de 55 ans. Artiste de grand talent, et fort cultivé, il interprétait avec intelligence et sensibilité les grands compositeurs russes.
During the 1927 Paris Opera premiere, the song was sung live by Alexandre Koubitzky to accompany the Cordeliers scene. Koubitzky played Danton in the film, but he was also a well-known singer. Gance had earlier asked Koubitzky and Damia to sing during the filming of the Cordeliers scene to inspire the cast and extras.
Alexandre Koubitzky, an accomplished singer, was given the role of Danton partly so that he could lead the assembled throng's rapturous rendition of the defiant hymn that would become France's national anthem.
The première of the film in April 1927 was a major event. It took place at the Paris Opera with the Opera orchestra playing the original score composed by Arthur Honegger and Alexandre Koubitzky, who plays Danton in the film, singing onstage for the Marseillaise scene.
