Accident at the Bolshoi: the backdrop crushes 37-year-olds. – Culture

The 37-year-old artist Yevgeny Kulesh was killed on Saturday evening in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater during an opera performance. “The opera was immediately interrupted and the audience asked to leave the hall,” said the theater, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. The accident occurred during a change of scenery during the performance of the opera “Sadko” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Russian media released a video showing Kulesh being crushed by a huge floating decoration. According to media reports, some viewers initially believed the incident was part of the staging. Kulesch’s colleagues waved their arms so that the backdrop could be raised again and called for an ambulance. The orchestra stopped playing and the audience left the hall. The investigative committee started investigating the case on Sunday. A Bolshoi dancer sees the blame not on Kulesch, but on the theater: “Backstage is hell,” he said Komsomolskaya Pravda: “Dancers injure their legs when backdrops and stairs fall.” Kulesch has been part of the Bolshoi Ensemble since 2002.

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