Bolshoi Theater Performer Killed in Accident on Stage During Opera

Bolshoi Theater Performer Killed in Accident on Stage During Opera
A general view shows the empty hall of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on March 27, 2020. Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters
Reuters
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MOSCOW—A performer at Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi Theater was killed on Saturday in an accident on stage during an opera, the theater said.

The Bolshoi, one of Russia’s most prestigious theaters, said the incident occurred during a set change in “Sadko,” an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.