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A general view shows the empty hall of the Bolshoi Theater ahead of the launch of its project to broadcast iconic performances online making them available worldwide, in Moscow, Russia on March 27, 2020. REUTERS / Evgenia Novozhenina
MOSCOW, October 9 (Reuters) – An artist at Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Theater was killed in an accident on stage during an opera on Saturday, the theater said.
The Bolshoi, one of Russia’s most prestigious theaters, said the incident occurred during a change of scenery in Sadko, an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
“The opera was immediately shut down and the public was asked to leave,” the theater said in comments relayed by the Interfax news agency.
Moscow investigators said they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of the 37-year-old artist, a man. He did not reveal his identity.
The Interfax newspaper quoted a source as saying the artist was run over by a ramp during a change of scenery. Sources told the RIA and TASS news agency that he was killed by a falling set.
The Bolshoi has been struck by tragedy in the past.
In July 2013, a senior violinist died after falling into the orchestra pit.
Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by William Maclean
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