Chorister hurt in Gergiev’s house by falling scenery

Chorister hurt in Gergiev’s house by falling scenery

Opera

norman lebrecht

February 27, 2023

The Mariinsky Theatre  has confirmed that  a chorus singer was hurt by falling scenery during Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snow Maiden.

The singer  was rushedto  hospital for a CT-scan, then sent home.

Such incidents  have become relatively frequent on Russia stages.

Comments

  • Singeril says:

    Not just Russian stages…on many stages. The stage is a dangerous place, at times.

  • Potter Herald says:

    relatively frequent = two per three years

  • Taras Bulba says:

    Russians are certainly accident-prone these days….

  • Tom Phillips says:

    Shame it didn’t hit Gergiev.

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