Terrible accident last night in Uppsala concert hall, half an hour before an ABBA tribute concert.
A man in his 80s fell from a height of seven storeys, landing in the foyer on another man in his 60s.
Both died.
There were 1,000 people in the hall at the time.
Report here.
The Mozart concerto due to be played three…
The Manhattan School of Music this morning quietly…
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The gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice, and someone way down here loses someone dear. The winner takes it all, the loser has to fall, it’s simple and it’s plain, why should I complain.
Very sensitive.
Do you really think your very unfunny witticisms really add to the sum of human wisdom, Bet? I suggest you leave this board never to return
Bet’s but quoting ABBA, I think ABBA adds to the sum of human wisdom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPWfydIeeHc&t=110s
I apologize if it makes you feel bad, seeing me so tense, no self-confidence. But you see, the winner takes it all, and the loser has to fall. And it’s plain, why complain?
It says more about you than worry us, and you’ll get cancelled on here, which obviously wouldn’t bother you for your stupid and insensitive remarks. Is that why you joined this site – to insult?
The trolls come back because we feed them.
Go back in your box. This is a tragic accident. You’d soon change your tune if it were one of yours.
Thank you for the music…but only music sung by the genuine group.
No fake nor imitation.
Oh, if only…I knew someone who worked at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and she was frustrated beyond belief when the NAC could barely shift a Daniil Trifonov or Joshua Weilerstein concert but had patrons seeing Mamma Mia for about the 8th time.
It was a rental, so I am tempted to think if the orchestra’s own Pops series offered an ABBA tribute, it would be a winner, as the orchestra would then take it all from the revenue, instead of a lousy rental fee fixed whatever the sales.
If this would have been the result of a car accident on the way to the concert hall it wouldn’t have hit the international news.
Why is this?
Because humans have been made to believe that cars are safe and any casualty is due to individual failure but not a problem inherent in the system.
In the case of a man falling onto another man, there will be special investigations into the architecture of the concert hall and the ballistics of octogenarians.
No, it’s also news because this is a very rare incident.
I shall be curious to hear any updates on how this happened.
when i go to concerts i try to sit
in the lower level. one can easly
fall down higher.up never mind ones age
especially the albert hall.
terrible thing to happen for these
poor people.
Some years ago, an 89-year-old vocal coach waited till an intermission to hurl himself to his death from the Family Circle into the orchestra pit of the Metropolitan Opera House, injuring no bystanders (however cancelling the rest of the performance, which was a Saturday afternoon radio broadcast).
A dear colleague was on Renata Scotto’s management team at the time and was in Chicago where she was singing that night. Fearing she would be very upset at the news, he ran to her flat.
He broke the news to her. She asked what opera had been playing. „Macbeth“.
„MY Macbeth?“ she asked (she starred when the production was new and sang about two dozen performances). „Who was singing“?
„Elizabeth Connell.“
Pause.
„She was not DAT bad!“
According to the stated account this was not in the concert hall where railings are low for sight lines.
This happened in the Foyer where railings are intentionally high to prevent such slips.
Try Leeds Grand Theatre. Albert Hall is much safer with aisle railings and seats you can hold onto.