Bolshoi is cleared of stage death: it was the victim’s fault

Bolshoi is cleared of stage death: it was the victim’s fault

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norman lebrecht

December 27, 2021

An investigation into the death of actor Yevgeny Kulesh during a performance of Nikolai-Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko has concluded that the theatre was not at fault.

It decided that Kulesh, 37, was drunk and therefore responsible for being in the wrong place when the scenery fell.

Kulesh’s mother left the hearing, saying she had received threatening phone calls.

More here.

Kulesh is 3rd from right in the picture

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