A former dancer was sentenced to six years in a penal colony for orchestrating an acid attack on the theater's artistic director in 2013. Theater officials closed the curtains in the moments following the accident and called off the show shortly after, Russia's state-backed news network RT reported.įorensics experts were dispatched to the theater and the Russian Investigative Committee said it was looking into the accident, the network said. The Bolshoi cancelled a performance of Sadko on Sunday. Yevgeny Kulesh was working as an extra in the Bolshoi Theater’s production of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko when he was crushed to death during a.
The accident occurred during a performance of Sadko, an opera by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, multiple outlets reported. 10 (UPI) A 37-year-old performer was killed on-stage by falling scenery during a Moscow opera this weekend, Russian media reports said. "The time and place of parting will be announced later."Īccording to the BBC, video shows Kulesh being crushed by a piece of the set during a scene change, as his fellow performers frantically waved their arms to get the crew to lift the structure off the actor. "We express our deep condolences to family and friends," the theater said in a statement translated from Russian. Broadcasting live from New York City on 93.9 FM. The man was identified as 38-year-old Evgenia Sergeevich Kulesh. Listener-supported WNYC is the home for independent journalism and courageous conversation on air and online. Rachel Pannett joined the Post's foreign desk in 2021 after more than a decade with The Wall Street Journal, where she was deputy bureau chief for Australia and New Zealand.An actor performing at Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theatre was killed in an accident on Saturday, the venue announced on social media. “The opera was immediately stopped and the audience was asked to leave,” the theater said in comments carried by the Interfax news agency. The orchestra stopped playing and several performers ran to the back of the stage before the curtains were drawn. Videos circulating online appeared to show performers shouting “Stop!” and pleading with staff to lift the backdrop and call an ambulance. He went in the wrong direction as a backdrop descended onto the stage during the performance, Russian media reported. A performer of Russia's legendary Bolshoi Theatre was killed Saturday in an accident on stage during the performance of an opera, the Moscow company said. The 37-year-old man was performing in “Sadko,” an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, when he was reportedly crushed by a piece of scenery. Bolshoi performer killed in onstage accident during opera By Rachel PannettĪ performer was killed during an opera at Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Theater on Saturday in an accident that occurred during a scene change, the theater said.
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