In July 2013, a senior violinist died after falling into the orchestra pit. The Bolshoi has been struck by tragedy in the past. Sources told the RIA and TASS news agency he had been killed by a falling piece of decor. The man was identified as 38-year-old Evgenia. The Interfax news cited a source as saying that the performer was crushed by a ramp during a change of scenery. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters) Article A performer was killed during an opera at Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Theatre on Saturday in an accident that occurred during a scene change, the theater said. 10.10.21 3:48pm An actor performing at Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theatre was killed in an accident on Saturday, the venue announced on social media. Moscow investigators said they were probing the circumstances surrounding the death of the 37-year-old performer, a man.

'The opera was immediately stopped and the audience was asked to leave,' the theatre said in comments carried by the Interfax news agency. The Bolshoi, one of Russia's most prestigious theatres, said the incident occurred during a set change in Sadko, an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. On October 9, 2021, actor Yevgeny Kulesh was crushed to death by a prop during a performance of the Sadko opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.Ī performer at Moscow's renowned Bolshoi Theatre was killed on Saturday in an accident on stage during an opera, the theatre said. Also that year, a veteran violinist died after falling into the Bolshoi's orchestra pit.The building of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Cirque du Soleil acrobat Yann Arnaud was killed in an onstage accident in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday night, prompting the Canadian troupe to cancel its final two performances of. 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. The accident occurred during a performance of Sadko, an opera by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, multiple outlets reported. '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. Moscow (AFP) Advertising 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. 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 man was identified as 38-year-old Evgenia Sergeevich Kulesh. An actor performing at Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theatre was killed in an accident on Saturday, the venue announced on social media. 20th centuryEdit Actor Ken Steadman was killed in a dune buggy accident while filming in Victorville, California for the television show Sliders.

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