Sunday, October 10, 2021

Bolshoi Performer Is Killed in Onstage Accident

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The man, in his late 30s, was crushed during a scene change as the opera “Sadko” was performed before an audience, the theater said.

A performer was killed during an opera at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on Saturday when there was an accident during a scene change, the theater said.

The man, in his late 30s, was working as an extra in a performance of the opera “Sadko,” by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. » | Javier C. Hernández | Saturday, October 9, 2021