A lucky escape at La Scala

A lucky escape at La Scala

main

norman lebrecht

December 13, 2015

Amid the triumph of Joan of Arc and the ugly insults hurled backstage, the sharp-eyed Fiona Maddocks spotted another moment of drama in which orchestral players were lucky to escape unharmed.

In the closing minutes, Efe Bal, a Turkish transsexual sex worker, jumped into the orchestra pit waving a T-shirt asking for new regulations for prostitution in Italy. She fell on the trumpet of one of the players, with minor damage to both herself and the instrument. The band played on.

teatro_la_scala

Read Fiona here.

 

Comments

  • Jevgeniy says:

    I think I found a great pit job for that Leipzig violinist once he is released…

  • MOST READ TODAY: